Pastoral Appointments and Changes

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I am pleased to announce the following pastoral appointments and changes which will take effect 4 July 2022.

Retirements
Rev. James Mockler Retires as Rector, St. Peter’s Cathedral Basilica, London
Rev. Francis Thekkumkattil, C.S.T. Retires as Associate Pastor, St. Philip, Petrolia
Rev. Porfirio “Phil” Guimaraes Retires as Associate Pastor, Holy Cross, London

Pastors

Rev. Glen Ball - Rose City Central Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. D. Matthew Bedard - Lambton County Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Arockiadoss Velanganni, O.F.M. Cap. - Fanshawe Thames Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Christopher Bourdeau - London South Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Daniel Bombardier - London North Central Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Robert Remark - Lucan Northwest London Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Dariusz Jagodzinski - North Oxford Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. David Johnston - Central Essex County Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Peter Amszej - Christ the King at King’s University College

Associate Pastors

Rev. Maurice Restivo, CSB - Windsor Heritage Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Antonio Del Ciancio - Windsor Heritage Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Stanislaw Izdebski - Rose City Central Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Ljubo Lebo, O.F.M. - Rose City Central Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Michael Dwyer - Lambton County Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Etienne Nadonye, O.F.M. Cap. - Fanshawe Thames Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Nelson Cabral - Fanshawe Thames Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Mario Cabal, S.J. - London South Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Jozo Grubisic, O.F.M. - London South Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Christopher Pietraszko - London North Central Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Sekar Raj - London North Central Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Jude Ogbenna, C.S.Sp. = Lucan Northwest London Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Stevan Wlusek Lucan - Northwest London Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Abraham Sebastian, C.S.T. - North Oxford Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Paul Kim Sarnia - Bluewater  Roman Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Innocent Ibeh - North Central Windsor Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Steven Eckert - South Windsor Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Stephen Marsh - Lake Huron Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Christian Amogu - West Middlesex Catholic Family of Parishes
Rev. Anthony Eboh - Elgin Roman Catholic Family of Parishes
TBA - Springbank Catholic Family of Parishes

Administrators

Rev. Seejo John, Administrator of Spiritual Affairs - Erie Tri-County Catholic Family of Parishes

Priest-Chaplains

Rev. Hai Hang Hoang, C.S.J.B. - Fanshawe Thames Catholic Family of Parishes, South Windsor Catholic Family of Parishes (Vietnamese)
Rev. Anselmo Ri - Fanshawe Thames Catholic Family of Parishes, South Windsor Catholic Family of Parishes (Korean)
Rev. John Staskevicius - Fanshawe Thames Catholic Family of Parishes (Lithuanian)

Mentoring Phase:

Rev. Felix Odobi, C.S.Sp.
Windsor-Lake St. Clair Catholic Family of Parishes- Famille de paroisses catholiques Windsor-Lac-Ste-Claire


Rev. Saleem Amir, O.F.M. and Rev. Vargees Devas will be returning to their Religious Communities.

I thank the members of the Priest Personnel Board and offer our prayers and support to our priests, parish teams and parish families who will be affected by these pastoral changes. May God continue to bless our ministry to the people of our diocese.

Most Rev. Ronald P. Fabbro, CSB
Bishop of London

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