History:

1990, On August 5, 1990, Fr. William Zavaski was installed as pastor.  The associate pastor, Fr. James Ray, came to Transfiguration in 1989. One young man from this parish was ordained to the priesthood on June 5, 1975.  He is the Reverend John G. Johnson, son of Gordon and the late Louise Johnson and brother of Barbara Ford and Monica Johnson.  Fr. Johnson was born in 1949 and grew up in Williams Park.  He attended Transfiguration School until 1962, when he entered the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio.  That institution granted him a Bachelor's Degree summa cum laude in Philosophy and American Studies in 1970 and a Master's Degree in Theology in 1974.  He received his Doctorate in Canon Law in 1986 from the Catholic University of America.

Since his ordination on June 1, 1974, he has served on the Diocesan Tribunal in Columbus, including a term as chief Judge and many years as a Judge on the Appellate Court for the Province of Ohio and Washington, D.C.  He is a member of the Canon Law Society of America, the Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Studia Canonica.  He has taught Canon Law at the Josephinum and in his diocesan Deacon School.  Fr. John is currently pastor of St. Philip, the Apostle parish in Columbus, Ohio, and Special promoter of Justice for Criminal Affairs for the diocese of Columbus.