Pastoral Appointments
Effective in 2024
Please pray for the Church's priests as they continue their ministries.
Effective November 25
Father Reginald Samuels - Pastor, St. Laurence - Sugar Land
Effective October 15
Father Thuan Ngoc Nguyen, C.S. - Parochial Vicar, St. Leo the Great - Houston
Father Oktovinaris Sabnani, C.S. - Parochial Vicar, St. John Neumann - Houston
Effective October 14
Father Renni Manuel Ariplackal - Hospital Chaplain, Catholic Chaplain Corps
Father Miguel Angel Ramirez Lepe, c.s. - Pastor, St. Leo the Great, Houston
Effective October 13
Father Augustine Adetola, S.S.J. - Pastor, St. Peter Claver - Houston
Effective September 12
Father Joe Luis Hernandez - Formation Faculty, St. Mary’s Seminary
Effective September 4
Father Jerry Jung - Rector, Holy Cross Chapel - Houston
Effective September 2
Father Aloysius Angelus Fernandez - Parochial Vicar, St. Charles Borromeo - Houston
Effective August 26
Father Miles Eduardo Useche Juliá - Hospital Chaplain
Effective August 15
Father Jaime Ario Rodriguez Reyes, SSS - Parochial Vicar at Corpus Christi - Houston
Effective August 7
Father Andrew Do, C.S.Sp. - Parochial Vicar at Holy Ghost, Houston
Effective July 15
Father Lucio Castillo, OMI - Parochial Vicar, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish - Houston
Effective July 1
Father Michael Earthman - Pastor, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish - Houston
Father David Hust - Administrator, St. Philip the Apostle Parish - Huffman
Father Jonathan Moré - Pastor, St. Jerome Parish - Houston
Father Nicolas Ramirez - Pastor, Sacred Heart Parish - Conroe
Father Stephen “Bart” Reynolds - Pastor, St. Michael the Archangel Parish - Houston
Father Christopher Shackelford - Pastor, St. Cyril of Alexandria Parish - Houston
Father Vincent Tran - Pastor, St. Theresa Parish - Houston
Father Philip Wilhite - Pastor, St. Helen Parish - Pearland
Father Wayne Wilkerson - Pastor, Immaculate Conception Parish - Sealy
Father Jose Alonso - Administrator, St. Frances Cabrini Parish - Houston
Father Kingsley Nwoko - Administrator, St. Albert of Trapani Parish - Houston
Father W. Tucker Redding, SJ - Chaplain and Director, Rice University Catholic Student Center - Houston
Father Luis Armas - Parochial Vicar, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish - Houston
Father Viet Nguyen - Parochial Vicar, St. Anthony of Padua Parish - The Woodlands
Father David Ramirez - Parochial Vicar, Prince of Peace Parish - Houston
Father Jose Kumblolickal Augustine, MSFS - Parochial Vicar, St. Bartholomew Parish - Katy
Father Antonio Cisneros - Parochial Vicar, St. Luke the Evangelist Parish - Houston
Father Benjamin Feuerborn, FSSP - Parochial Vicar, Regina Caeli Parish - Houston
Father Mark Gazin, CSB - Canon Lawyer, Tribunal
Father Steven Huber, CSB - Parochial Vicar, St. Anne Parish - Houston
Father Antonio Ortiz - Parochial Vicar, St. Ambrose Parish - Houston
Father Ralph Roberts - Prison Chaplain
Father Thomas E. Hawxhurst - Pastor, St. Andrew Parish - Channelview
Father Jorge Martinez, L.C. - Pastor, St. Patrick Parish - Houston
Effective February 12
Father Christopher Plant - Parochial Vicar, St. Thomas More - Houston
Father Ricardo Arriola - Administrator, Shrine of the True Cross - Dickinson
Effective January 30
Father Paul Ofoha, MSP - Parochial Vicar, Epiphany of the Lord - Katy
Effective January 29
Father Thomas Smithson, S.S.S. - Hospital Chaplain of the Catholic Chaplain Corps
Father Augustine Asante - Hospital Chaplain of the Catholic Chaplain Corps
Effective January 22
Father Larry Wilson - Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes Church - Hitchcock
Father Thuc Nguyen - Administrator, St. Joseph Church - Baytown
Father Yong Lee - Hospital Chaplain of the Catholic Chaplain Corps
Effective January 1
Father Paul Raj Gnanasekar, S.S.S. - Pastor, Corpus Christi Church - Houston
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