Rev. Matthew C. Kuczora, C.S.C.

Rev. Matthew C. Kuczora, C.S.C. was appointed religious superior of the Holy Cross priests and brothers at Notre Dame in 2026. Fr. Kuczora is the Director of the Office of Student Enrichment (OSE) where he works with the University’s first-generation and lower-income undergraduate students within the Sister Thea Bowman Center. Additionally, he serves as priest-in-residence to the Knott Hall community.

Prior to his time at the OSE, Fr. Kuczora served in a variety of pastoral roles, including at a large parish in Monterrey, Mexico, and as rector of Carroll and Dunne Halls on Notre Dame’s campus. Fr. Kuczora also clerked for the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, the Honorable Carlos G. Muñiz, and served as University Counsel in Notre Dame’s Office of General Counsel.

A native of Marion, Indiana, Fr. Kuczora graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Accountancy from Notre Dame in 2005 and was ordained a priest in the Congregation of Holy Cross, Notre Dame’s founding religious community, in 2012. He holds two post-graduate degrees from the University: a Juris Doctor cum laude in 2023 and a Master of Divinity in 2011. Father Kuczora is a member of the Indiana State Bar and serves on the boards of trustees for King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and the Finca del Niño Catholic children’s home in Trujillo, Honduras.