Fr. Warren J. Rouse, OFM, is a Franciscan friar who served at St. Mary’s Basilica in Phoenix, Arizona, and escorted Pope John Paul II into the Basilica during the papal visit of September 14, 1987.
With Julie Corley he wrote A History of St. Mary’s Basilica, drawing on the parish’s records and the memories of the friars and parishioners who built it.