Made for Mission
Our newly ordained LA priests have a message for their parish communities: "We are ready to serve!"
2019 Ordination to the Priesthood
Watch LIVE coverage of the Ordination to the Priesthood.
Ready to announce his glory
The vocation to the priesthood found each of this year’s new priests for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in different places, phases, and careers during their lives.
To one, the calling appeared after atheism and a conversion spurred by a personal tragedy. To others, it started as a whisper at a young age that seemed to come and go at times, but never really went away for good.
On June 1, these six men will be ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop José H. Gomez at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels after years of formation at St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo.
They will be sent forth to evangelize in a sprawling metropolis where so many yearn for answers to the deepest questions of their lives — answers that these men have personally found in Jesus Christ and his Church. Here are their stories.
Los Angeles, meet your new priests
Brian Humphrey
Miguel Ángel Ruiz
José María Ortiz
Louis Sung
Emmanuel Delfin
New LA priests: Luther Diaz
