Prince of Peace Church

Fr. Mark Guzman

Pastor
Phone: 360-876-2762

Father Mark Guzman is a native of Detroit, Michigan. Following his graduation from High School, Father Mark entered Sacred Heart Seminary College in Detroit, Michigan. He left Sacred Heart early to pursue a career in the corporate world where he worked for a number of years in the food service industry. During this time, he moved to Seattle and earned a bachelor’s degree from Seattle University.
Upon deciding to pursue his vocation as a priest, Father Mark entered St. Patrick Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California. He was ordained a transitional deacon August of 2007 and ordained priest June 2008. Since his ordination, Father Mark has served as Parochial Vicar at St. Michael Parish in Olympia, as Priest Administrator of St. Mary Parish in Marysville and the Mission of St. Anne in Tulalip, as Pastor of St. Benedict Parish in Seattle.
Father Mark was named Pastor of St. Nicholas Parish Gig Harbor July 1, 2014, and remains to the present its pastor. Beginning July 1, 2024, Fr. Mark will be pastor of Parish Family #52 which consists of Prince of Peace Belfair, St. Gabriel Port Orchard, and St. Nicholas Gig Harbor.