Reverend Andrew O. Gutierrez is a native of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. He grew up in Metairie and was an active member of his home parish, St. Clement of Rome. He attended Archbishop Rummel High School graduating in 2011 and then pursued a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Louisiana State University graduating in 2014.

Fr. Gutierrez entered St. Joseph Seminary College and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Theological Studies in 2015. He continued his seminary formation at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans where he received a Master of Arts in Theology with a concentration in Spiritual Theology in 2019. That same year, Fr. Gutierrez was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Following ordination, he served four years as parochial vicar of St. Catherine of Siena Parish. In 2023, Fr. Gutierrez was assigned to Notre Dame Seminary where he currently serves as Coordinator of Pastoral Formation, Coordinator of Vocational Synthesis, Chair of Pastoral Theology, and Professor of Sacramental Theology while remaining chaplain of Archbishop Rummel High School.

In 2024, he completed further graduate studies to receive his Licentiate in Sacramental Theology from the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundeline, IL.