Religious Staff
Immaculate Conception Church is serviced by priests from the Society of St. Pius X. They reside in the priory, located in close proximity to the church.
Daily Mass is offered in Post Falls and Spokane Valley by these priests (See our schedule for more details). By their constant presence they ensure the availability of the sacraments at all times.
On the weekends some of them travel to say Mass at various Mass centers throughout the Northwest. During the week they teach at our boys school and a girls school run by Dominican teaching sisters.
Fr. Vicente Griego: Prior at ICC
He was ordained on June 24, 1995 at St Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Winona MN. He spent one year in the Philippines before being transferred to Durban, South Africa where he worked for two years. He was afterwards sent back to Manila for another five years. In 2003 he returned to the United States and took up the post as headmaster of St. Mary's Academy and College in Saint Marys, Kansas. In 2008 he was appointed as Rector of Holy Cross Seminary in Australia where he spent 7 years. In 2015 he was sent to Dublin, Ireland to act as superior of the SSPX autonomous house there. From 2019 - 2021 Father Griego was appointed as professor at St Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Dillwyn, Virginia. In addition to his duties as Prior, he is the chaplain for the Holy Name Society and confessor for the Dominican Sisters.
Fr. Brandon Haenny, Assistant Priest
He entered St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and was ordained priest in 2016. His first assignment was Queen of Angels, Dickinson, Texas where he served the missions in San Antonio and Austin Texas, and Baton Rouge and Lacombe, Louisiana and he taught and served as principal of Queen of Angels Academy for three years. He was then transferred to Browerville, Minnesota and for four years served as pastor and principal of St. Robert Bellarmine Church and Academy in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. He also assisted with care of the Novitiate of the Society Sisters. Father came to ICC in 2023 and currently works as chaplain to St. Dominic School and he teaches religion for the older girls there. He is also chaplain to the Legion of Mary and the Franciscan Third Order and he helps with sick calls and catechism in the parish. His current mission is Corpus Christi Chapel in Edmonds, Washington.
Fr. Benoit Philippon, Principal of Immaculate Conception Academy
He is a native of France, where he grew up in a large family and studied in Society schools. He was ordained a priest at Ecône, Switzerland, on June 29, 2020, by His Excellency Bishop Tissier de Mallerais. Sent for his first assignment in the U.S. District, he had to wait a year-and-a-half to get his visa. During this time, he had the opportunity to work in various priories and schools, first in France and then in England for a few months each. He now serves as principal of Immaculate Conception Academy, as well as chaplain of the Saint John of God Group and of the Saint Stephen’s Guild for altar servers.
Fr. Joseph Skees, Assistant Priest
He grew up in St. Mary’s Kansas and entered St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in the fall of 2015 and was ordained in 2022. Father was previously assigned at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Retreat Center in Los Gatos California. Currently, he teaches Religion and Latin in the Academy high school and assists in the parish.