Pastoral Appointments
for 2018
Please pray for the Church's priests as they begin their new ministries.
Effective Immediately
Rev. Peter Nguyen Van Tuong, SSS, Parochial Vicar, Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Houston
Effective August 15
Rev. Francois Tsanga, SCJ, Temporary Administrator, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Houston
Effective August 15
Rev. John Kodet, F.S.S.P., Parochial Vicar, Regina Caeli Church
First priestly assignments
Father Paul Foltyn, Parochial Vicar, St. Cecilia Catholic Church
Father Jose Luis Gutierrez, Parochial Vicar, St. Katherine Drexel Catholic Church, Hempstead
Father Robert David Hust, Parochial Vicar, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
Father Matthew Gilbert Suniga, Parochial Vicar, St. Theresa Catholic Church, Sugar Land
Effective August 1
Father Jonathan Moré, Parochial Vicar, St. Martha Catholic Church, Kingwood
Effective July 1
Father Xavier Bilavendiran, Parochial Vicar, St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church
Father Jorge Cabrera, Parochial Vicar, Holy Family Catholic Church, Galveston
Father T.J. Dolce, Administrator, St. Martha Catholic Church, Kingwood
Father Orrin Halepeska, Administrator, Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Rosenberg
Father Paul Lockey, Pastor, St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church
Father Michael McFall, Parochial Vicar, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church
Father Richard McNeillie, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Vocations Director
Father Michael Pham, C.R.M., Parochial Vicar, St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church
Father Charles Ndumbi, S.V.D., Parochial Vicar, St. Mary of the Purification Church
Effective May 25
Father Alvaro Frias, Administrator, St. Joseph-St. Stephen Catholic Church
Effective April 7
Father Pierre Vertus, c.s., Parochial Vicar, St. John Neumann Church, Houston
Effective March 9
Father Bong Ho Ko, Pastor, St. Andrew Kim Church, Houston
Effective March 5
Father Maynard U. Parangan, Pastor, Our Lady of Grace Church, South Houston
Effective March 1
Father Clair Antonio Orso, c.s., Pastor, St. John Neumann Church, Houston
Effective January 1
Father Thomas To-Kha Hoang, C.Ss.R., Parochial Vicar, Sacred Heart Church, Richmond
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