Ministry to Catholics of African Descent
Vicar for Catholics of African Descent:
Deacon Leonard Paul Lockett
Phone: 281-643-8608
Fax: 713-759-9151
Email Deacon Lockett
Mailing Address: 1700 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX 77002
The Vicar for Catholics of African Descent serves the African, African American, and Caribbean Catholic communities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. The Vicar works with Archdiocesan offices and agencies in implementing the mission and goals of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston along with the National Black Catholic Pastoral Plan through collaboration, implementation, advocacy, leadership, and evangelization. The Vicar for Catholics of African Descent provides a voice and representation at the decision-making level within the archdiocesan structure, serves as a vehicle to provide spiritual, cultural, educational, and social development for Catholics of African Descent, identifies the needs, concerns, and issues of these Catholic communities and communicates these needs, concerns, and issues to established Archdiocesan offices and agencies, and coordinates constituency ministry and supports on-going pastoral ministry.
Parishes in the African-American Apostolate
| St. Francis Of Assisi Church Rev. Edmund C. Nnadozie, M.S.P. 5102 Dabney Street Houston, Texas 77026-3015 (713) 672-7773, (713) 673-1913 FAX |
St. Francis Xavier Church Rev. Michael Saah-Buckman, SSJ 4600 Reed Rd. Houston, Texas 77051-3399 (713) 738-2311, (713) 738-3337 FAX |
| St. Peter The Apostle Church Rev. Faustinus Okeyikam, M.S.P. 6220 La Salette Drive Houston, Texas 77021-1399 (713) 747-7800, (713) 747-9671 FAX |
Holy Family Church Rev. Sunny J. Plammoottil, O.S.H. 1510 5th Street Missouri City, Texas 77489-1298 (281) 449-9688, (281) 499-9680 FAX |
| Our Mother Of Mercy Church Rev. Brian P. Fox, S.S.J. 4000 Sumpter Street Houston, Texas 77020-2497 (713) 672-0026, (713) 672-2031 FAX |
St. Anne De Beaupre Church Rev. Felix Elosi, M.S.P. 2810 Link Road Houston, Texas 77009-1196 (713) 869-1319, (713) 869-4527 FAX |
| St. Gregory The Great Church Rev. Francis Huan Ton Ngo 10500 Nold Drive Houston, Texas 77016-2921 (713) 631-3681, (713) 631-6114 FAX |
Holy Family Church Rev. Francis D. Asomkase, S.S.J. 7122 Whiting Rock Drive Baytown, Texas 77521 (281) 426-8448, (281) 426-8449 FAX |
| St. Martin De Porres Rev. Sabastian A. Umouyo, M.S.P. 12606 Crosby Lynchburg Rd. Barrett Station, Texas 77532 (281) 328-4451, (281) 328-7306 FAX |
St Monica's Church Rev. John M. Ayang, S.O.L.T. 8421 West Montgomery Road Houston, Texas 77088-7116 (281) 447-5837, (281) 447-8410 FAX |
| St. Peter Claver Church Rev. Kenneth Howard, S.S.J. 6005 North Wayside Drive Houston, Texas 77028-4494 (713) 674-3338, (713) 674-6524 FAX |
St. Nicholas Church Rev. Desmond Ohankwere, M.S.P. 2508 Clay Avenue Houston, Texas 77003-4498 (713) 223-5210, (713) 222-0424 FAX |
| St. Mary of the Purification Church Rev. Borgia Aubespin, S.V.D. 3006 Rosedale Street Houston, Texas 77004-6199 (713) 528-0571, (713) 528-0572 FAX |
Our Lady Star Of The Sea Church Rev. Rodney Armstrong, S.S.J. 1401 Fidelity Road Houston, Texas 77029-4624 (713) 674-9206, (713) 675-7842 FAX |
| St. Philip Neri Church Rev. Robert T. Kajoh, M.S.P. P. O. Box 330190 Houston, Texas 77233-0190 (713) 734-0320, (713) 734-0331 FAX |
Holy Family Parish @ Holy Rosary Rev. John Stein, O.F.M. 1420 31st Street Galveston, Texas 77550-4399 (409) 762-9646, (409) 7625-7636 FAX |
| St. Benedict the Abbot Rev. Joseph Huy Q. Dinh, C.S.Sp. 4025 Grapevine Houston, Texas 77045-6320 (713) 433-9836, (713) 433-3949 FAX |