Father Daniel Reehil, born in 1965 in Mineola, NY, left a successful career in global finance after a life-changing pilgrimage sparked a deep spiritual conversion and a call to the priesthood. Ordained in 2014, he now serves as a Pastor, Vicar Forane, and exorcist for the Diocese of Nashville, and is also the National Director of Radio Maria USA and hosts the daily show Battle Ready with Fr. Dan Reehil.
Father Daniel Reehil was born in 1965 in Mineola, NY to parents Dan and Gladys; he is the oldest of four children. His father was a NYC Fire Chief and his mother was a court reporter after the children were in school. After graduating college from the University of Dayton, he worked in Global Trade and Finance in Manhattan for American Express and Citicorp for ten years, and then three years as the Sales Director of a Corporate Communications PR Firm.
In 1998 Fr. Reehil made a pilgrimage to the village of Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This was a life altering trip upon which he experienced a miraculous conversion after being away from the church for twenty years. This is where the seeds of his vocation to the priesthood were planted when the priest who heard his twenty-year confession told him that he believed he had a vocation to the priesthood. Father began reflecting on the emptiness of his life and praying for God to lead him.
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 he left New York City and moved to Boston with a priest that invited him to come and see the life of diocesan priesthood; it was in Boston that his formation to priesthood began. From Boston he entered Holy Apostles seminary and began studying philosophy. After two years of Theology, he left seminary to become a contemplative hermit in Omaha, NE.
For five years he was formed in the radical life of the Evangelical Counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience. He then went back to seminary to finish his studies. Near the end of his studies, Bishop David Choby invited him to Nashville to come and see Middle Tennessee. Both Dan and Bishop Choby agreed Nashville would be his new home.
Upon his ordination on July 26, 2014, Fr. Reehil was assigned to St. Edward Parish as the Parochial Vicar; two years later he was elevated to Pastor. On July 27, 2020 Fr. Reehil was made Pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Church in Columbia, TN and the Vicar Forane of the Southern Deanery. He is also the exorcist for the Diocese of Nashville, and is the Treasurer of the Diocesan Bank, CCIL.
Fr. Reehil is also the National Director for Radio Maria USA, where he hosts the daily radio program and podcast, Battle Ready with Fr. Dan Reehil.
