Pastoral Appointments and Changes - May 2025

(A printable PDF of this ​announcement is at this link)

I am pleased to announce the following priest appointments effective Friday, July 4, 2025: 
Pastors 

Rev. Matthew Kucharski    
Windsor-Lake St. Clair Catholic Family of Parishes / Famille de paroisses catholiques Windsor-Lac-Ste-Claire 
(St. Anne-Tecumseh, Good Shepherd-Lakeshore, St. Simon & St. Jude-Belle River, Paroisse St-Jérôme-Windsor) 

Rev. Paul Kim    
Amherstburg-Harrow Catholic Family of Parishes  
(St.John the Baptist-Amherstburg, St. Anthony of Padua-Harrow) 

Rev. Kieran Alaribe C.S.Sp.    
Lakes Erie and St. Clair Catholic Family of Parishes / Famille des paroisses catholiques des lacs Érié et Ste-Claire 
(Visitation-Comber, St. Francis Xavier-Tilbury, St. Peter-Tilbury East, Immaculée Conception-St. Philippe-Pain Court) 

Rev. Christopher Gillespie    
Christ the King University Parish, London, Ontario 

Rev. Donald Pumputis    
Avon-Thames Catholic Family of Parishes 
(St. Joseph, Immaculate Conception-Stratford, Holy Name of Mary-St. Marys) 

Rev. Innocent Ibeh    
Perth-Huron Crossroads Catholic Family of Parishes 
(St. James-Seaforth, St. Patrick-Dublin, St. Vincent de Paul-Mitchell, St.Patrick-Kinkora) 

Rev. Philip Joseph    
Northern Huron-Perth Catholic Family of Parishes 
(St. Joseph-Listowel, St. Ambrose-Brussels, Sacred Heart-Wingham) 

I thank the members of the Priest Personnel Board and offer our prayers and support to our priests, parish teams and Families of Parishes 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