Fr. Clayton Thompson grew up in Hamilton County, Indiana, not too far away from Noblesville. After finishing his formation for the priesthood at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, MD, he was ordained in 2013 and has served as the parochial vicar and later pastor of several parishes in the northern half of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana, as well as the diocesan director of vocations.
In 2020, he returned closer to home when Bishop Doherty assigned him as pastor at Our Lady of Grace. Fr. Clayton loves serving at a parish that is so full of life and young families and that has a thriving school.