Fr. Gabriel Lee, was born in Seoul, South Korea. He immigrated to the United States of America in 2003 to learn English. That is when he converted to become a Catholic while attending Sierra Junior High School in Santa Clara. He got accepted as a seminarian of the diocese and entered the Blessed Miguel Pro House in San Jose upon graduation in 2008 under Fr. Mark Catalana. He received his General Education degree from San Jose City College and transferred to St. Patrick Seminary and University to finish his bachelor’s degree in philosophy, Master of Divinity, and Bachelor of Sacred Theology. He was ordained a priest in St. Joseph's Cathedral, San Jose, on June 3, 2017. He is the third Korean priest of the Diocese. Fr. Gabriel was assigned to pastoral work at St. Frances Cabrini Parish in Cambrian Park from 2017 to 2021 and St. Mary’s Immaculate Conception Parish in Los Gatos from 2021 to 2023.