Father Nick Vaskov grew up in Forest Hills, PA. He attended Saint James grade school, Wilkinsburg and Central Catholic High School. He attended Duquesne University beginning in 2001 and entered Saint Paul Seminary in Pittsburgh in 2002. Fr. Nick continued his formation for the priesthood at the Pontifical North American College in Rome where he studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.

​He was ordained a priest in 2009. Fr. Nick served in parishes throughout the Diocese of Pittsburgh before assuming his current responsibilities as Executive Director for Communications and Director of the Department for Liturgy and Worship.