Father Codega graduated from Barrington high school and studied civil engineering at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC..
Prior to his priesthood, he worked in the civil and environmental contracting industries for several years. During this time he also pursued a secondary career in the maritime services as a Coast Guard credentialed licensed vessel operator. He had volunteered his time for several organizations in the community and the Catholic Church on the parish and diocesan level.
He entered the seminary in 1994 at St. Mary’s Pontifical Seminary and University in Baltimore where he earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology (S.T.B.) and Master of Divinity (M.Div.). In 1998 he was ordained to the transitional diaconate and in 1999 to the priesthood for the Diocese of Providence.
Fr. Codega has served as parochial vicar at St. Francis deSales, North Kingstown, and St. Theresa’s in Pawtucket. He has served as Chaplain to the Rhode Island Men of St. Joseph, St. Raphael Academy high school and Salve Regina University. As pastor he has served the people of Christ the King church in West Warwick and St. Brendan’s Parish in Riverside.
Fr. Codega currently serves as a member of the Bishop’s College of Consultors and has served two appointed terms on the Diocesan Presbyteral Council, Diocesan Pastoral Planning Committee, Marriage Advisory Board, and various other committees. He has been an executive board member at the Narraganset Council of the Boy Scouts of America, advisory board member to the National Organization for Marriage, and Theological Consultant and Editorial Writer for the Rhode Island Catholic newspaper.
In July of 2021, Fr. Codega was appointed pastor to the people of St. Lucy’s parish in Middletown.