Captain Peter W. McGeory is the Senior Chaplain at the United States Naval Academy.  As senior chaplain he is responsible for religious support to the 4,300 member Brigade of Midshipmen.  He is also responsible for management of the Academy's historic chapel. 

Born in New York City April 12, 1949, Captain McGeory is the son of the late George and Ruth McGeory. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of The Catholic University of America (1972) and the top graduate of Saint Joseph Seminary, Dunwoodie (1976), he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of New York in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in December 1976 by the late Terence Cardinal Cooke.

 Father McGeory served for 7 years as the Parochial Vicar of the Church of SS. John and Paul in Larchmont, New York and later for 2 years on the faculty of Religious Studies at Archbishop Stepinac High School, White Plains, New York.

Father McGeory was commissioned a Lieutenant in 1984 and graduated from Chaplain’s School, Newport, Rhode Island in 1985. His active duty assignments have been:

COMNAVSURFGRU-WESTPAC (Philippines), USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) (Bahrain), USS IOWA (BB-61), (Norfolk, VA), NAB Little Creek (Virginia Beach, VA), U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD), 31^st MEU (Okinawa, Japan), USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) (Bremerton, WA), BUPERS (Millington, TN), COMNAVACTUK (London, UK), and COMNAVSURFOR/COMNAVAIRFOR in Coronado, CA.

In addition to several unit citations, Captain McGeory’s personal awards include: The Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (4), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (2), and the Navy Achievement Medal (3).