Rockhurst High School
Fr. Giacabazi, SJ, Named President of Tampa Jesuit
Rockhurst High School Principal, Fr. Vincent Giacabazi, SJ, has been selected as the next President of Jesuit High School in Tampa, FL.
After a year of Alumni Service Corps (ASC) volunteer service at Rockhurst in 2004-05, Fr. Giacabazi later returned to Rockhurst in 2015 following his ordination as a priest. He has faithfully served the Rockhurst community ever since – first as a Theology teacher (eventually the department chair) and a Jesuit in the Pastoral Office, and was then named Principal ahead of the 2019-20 academic year.
Among many of Fr. Giacabazi’s accomplishments and highlights over the last decade, the Rockhurst community was especially proud to witness Father’s profession of his Final Vows during an all-school Mass in August 2023.
“Fr. Vincent Giacabazi's dutiful and faithful service in many capacities has focused on the well-being our young men and our mission during his time not only as our Principal, but in his teaching and priestly roles as well,” remarked David Laughlin, Rockhurst High School President. “We congratulate him on his appointment as President of Jesuit Tampa beginning in July 2025 and look forward to engaging in a robust process of succession planning for our next Principal.”
Rockhurst will celebrate Fr. Giacabazi and his incredible work at the school over the coming weeks and months as he will finish out the 2024-25 school year at The Rock before moving to Tampa.
The school has posted the Principal job opening on its website at www.rockhursths.edu/jobs.
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After a year of Alumni Service Corps (ASC) volunteer service at Rockhurst in 2004-05, Fr. Giacabazi later returned to Rockhurst in 2015 following his ordination as a priest. He has faithfully served the Rockhurst community ever since – first as a Theology teacher (eventually the department chair) and a Jesuit in the Pastoral Office, and was then named Principal ahead of the 2019-20 academic year.
Among many of Fr. Giacabazi’s accomplishments and highlights over the last decade, the Rockhurst community was especially proud to witness Father’s profession of his Final Vows during an all-school Mass in August 2023.
“Fr. Vincent Giacabazi's dutiful and faithful service in many capacities has focused on the well-being our young men and our mission during his time not only as our Principal, but in his teaching and priestly roles as well,” remarked David Laughlin, Rockhurst High School President. “We congratulate him on his appointment as President of Jesuit Tampa beginning in July 2025 and look forward to engaging in a robust process of succession planning for our next Principal.”
Rockhurst will celebrate Fr. Giacabazi and his incredible work at the school over the coming weeks and months as he will finish out the 2024-25 school year at The Rock before moving to Tampa.
The school has posted the Principal job opening on its website at www.rockhursths.edu/jobs.
