On Saturday, May 1, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles released its "New Pastors and Administrators" list for 2021. Archbishop José H. Gomez has approved the following priests to be appointed pastors effective on July 1, 2021:
Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region
Fr. Juan Ochoa, Christ the King, Los Angeles
Fr. Arturo Valadez, Holy Spirit, Los Angeles
Fr. Anthony Lee, St. Agatha, Los Angeles
Fr. Luis Espinoza, St. Agnes, Los Angeles
Fr. Fidelis Omeaku, St. Anselm, Los Angeles
Fr. Albert Van Der Woerd, St. Mark, Venice
Fr. Paul Fitzpatrick, St. Martin of Tours, Los Angeles *
Fr. Joseph Visperas, St. Timothy, Los Angeles *
Santa Barbara Pastoral Region
Fr. John Love, Santa Clara, Oxnard *
San Fernando Pastoral Region
Fr. Marinello Saguin, Our Lady of Grace, Encino
Fr. Alden Sison, St. Euphrasia, Granada Hills *
Fr. Ethan Southard, St. John Eudes, Chatsworth
Fr. Vaughn Winters, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Santa Clarita
Fr. Marco Ortiz, St. Robert Bellarmine, Burbank *
San Gabriel Pastoral Region
Msgr. Albert Bahhuth, Holy Family, South Pasadena *
Fr. Joachim Lepcha, Immaculate Conception, Monrovia
Fr. Ronald Clark, St. Dorothy, Glendora
Fr. John Collins, Ss. Felicitas and Perpetua, San Marino *
Fr. Michael Gutierrez, St. Louis of France, La Puente *
San Pedro Pastoral Region
Fr. Paul Vigil, St. Anthony, El Segundo *
Fr. Mark Strader, St. Bartholomew, Long Beach *
Fr. Alidor Mikobi, St. Cyprian, Long Beach
Fr. Erasmus Soriano, St. Linus, Norwalk *
Fr. Budi Wardhana, St. Lucy, Long Beach
Fr. Andrew Chung, St. Pancratius, Lakewood
Fr. Samuel Ward, St. Raymond, Downey *
The following priests will be appointed or re-appointed Administrators:
Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region
Fr. Miguel Angel Acevedo, St. Paul, Los Angeles
Santa Barbara Pastoral Region
Fr. Oscar Daniel Martinez, La Purisima Concepcion, Lompoc *
Fr. Altaire Fernandez, Queen of Angels, Lompoc *
Fr. Joshua Diener, St. Anthony, Oxnard *
Fr. William Ian Hagan, St. Julie Billiart, Newbury Park *
Fr. Ryan Thornton, O.F.M., St. Mark University, Goleta * (religious order priest)
San Fernando Pastoral Region
Fr. Jeejo Vazhappily, Sch.P., St. Bridget of Sweden, Lake Balboa *
San Gabriel Pastoral Region
Fr. Hector William Rodriguez, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Irwindale
Fr. Jorge Chalaco Vega, Our Lady of the Rosary of Talpa, Los Angeles
Fr. Roberto Rueda, L.C., Our Lady of Victory, Los Angeles
Fr. Gilbert Guzman, Sacred Heart, Altadena *
Fr. Ismael Robles, St. John the Baptist, Baldwin Park *
Fr. Robert Victoria, St. Luke, Temple City
San Pedro Pastoral Region
Fr. Jeffrey Baker, St. Gregory the Great, Whittier *
Fr. Anthony Garcias, St. Paul of the Cross, La Mirada *
The following parishes will be entrusted to the pastoral care of religious orders:
San Fernando Pastoral Region
St. Mary, Palmdale, entrusted to the Misioneros Servidores de la Palabra (M.S.P) with the pastor/administrator to be announced *
San Gabriel Pastoral Region
Our Lady of Guadalupe, El Monte, entrusted to the Guadalupe Missionaries (M.G.) with Fr. Carlos May Correa, M.G., assigned as pastor
Our Lady of Solitude, Los Angeles, entrusted to the Guadalupe Missionaries (M.G.) with Fr. Marco Navarro, M.G., assigned as pastor
Santa Isabel, Los Angeles, entrusted to the Salesians of Don Bosco (S.D.B.) with the pastor/administrator to be announced.
Parishes with an asterisk (*) denote parishes that were on the Open Pastorate listing this term.
