Catholic Priest serving Catholic and Interfaith
Father Bill is an Old Catholic Franciscan priest and wedding officiant located in Scranton PA, serving the Progressive Catholic parish of Saints Francis and Clare as pastor. The parish community serves those in the greater Scranton Area, fights for social justice, authentically preaches the gospel, and administers the sacraments. Father Bill will assist with the planning of your special day with openness and professionalism.
Whether you are looking for a traditional catholic ceremony, or an officiant to help customize your civil union, interfaith, non-denominational, or vow renewal ceremony, Father Bill has extensive experience.
9+ years in business
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Ceremony Types
Commitment Ceremony
Interfaith Ceremony
Religious Ceremony
Second Wedding
Vow Renewal Ceremony
Religious Affiliations
Christian
Catholic
Protestant
Interfaith
Spiritual
Wedding Activities
After The Wedding
Newlywed Life
Premarital Counseling
Wedding
Ceremony
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Reviews
5.0
out of 5.05 reviews
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Shannon R
5.0
5/30/2025
We cannot thank Father Bill enough for being a part of our wedding day and officiating our ceremony! He was so helpful in the planning process and our ceremony was exactly what we ...
wanted. We received so many compliments on how beautiful our ceremony was! We highly recommend Father Bill!!
Caroline C
5.0
9/02/2024
Father William Mentz did an excellent job officiating our wedding. He provided us with a thorough planning guide ahead of time that included many different ceremony selections we c...
ould pick from, which was very helpful. He responds best via phone calls during the planning process. On our wedding day he arrived on time and was organized. He spoke clearly and confidently during our ceremony. We would definitely recommend Father Bill and are happy he officiated our wedding!
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Abigail M
5.0
6/15/2024
Father William A. Mentz was truly the best officiant for our wedding. He made the wedding planning process stress free and easy as possible. His guide was very helpful to us becaus...
e it lays out exactly what your ceremony will look like from start to finish. You have the option to choose what you would like to include in the ceremony as well. Father Bill came for the rehearsal ceremony and calmed my nerves. He explained exactly what will happen and what me and my husband need to do. I would highly recommend Father Bill to anyone.
Michelle B
5.0
10/18/2021
Fr. Bill was recommended to us by another priest and we couldn't have been happier! It was important to us to have a Catholic ceremony without being tied down to a traditional chur...
ch ceremony. Fr. Bill created the perfect ceremony for us that acknowledged our faith while customizing it to us as a couple. From the day we booked with Fr. Bill, he was responsive, caring and detail oriented. We really enjoyed all of our conversations and even decided to visit his church in PA to see him deliver a mass. He has our highest recommendation and all of our guests loved how he conducted the service!
Stephanie H
5.0
7/18/2021
Father Mentz, accept to be out officiant a week before the wedding. Even though everything was sooo last minute he made the process so simple and stress free. even though there is ...
soo much planning for the ceremony his brochure breaks everything down and makes it so simple, His professionalism and kindness made my ceremony amazing. He was amazing at hiding my mistakes during the ceremony. He made us feel so comfortable and like we have know him forever. Choosing an officiant is a very important part of a wedding and I truly recommend Father Mentz.
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