Fr Juan Pablo Durán was born in Tucson, Arizona, to Colombian parents and moved to Atlanta when he was 4. He lived in Hong Kong and Tokyo from fourth to ninth grade, thanks to his father’s work with Coca-Cola. He graduated from the Atlanta International School and joined the Legionaries of Christ college seminary in Connecticut in 1998.

His pastoral formation included serving as a seminary formator and professor in both Spain and Italy, leading youth groups in the US and Spain, and preaching missions in Colombia, Mexico, and Fiji. He was ordained a priest on December 12, 2011, and spent four years as Vice Rector of Legion of Christ College Seminary in Connecticut.

From 2015 to 2019, he served as chaplain and spiritual director for Regnum Christi and President of Our Lady of Bethesda Retreat Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

Having moved to Atlanta in 2019, he has been chaplain for Regnum Christi young men, director of a Pre-Cana program called Three To Get Married, and served on the Board of Pinecrest until 2022. Starting in the summer of 2022, he has been a chaplain at Holy Spirit Preparatory School and, in 2023, Territorial Councilor for the Legionaries of Christ.

Since 2024 he has been serving as the Rector of the Theological Seminary of the Legionaries of Christ in Rome.