A list of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ appointed pastors, administrators, parish life directors, and religious administrators for 2020 is below.
Archbishop José H. Gomez has approved the following priests to be appointed Pastors effective on either July 1 or September 1:
Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region:
Fr. Matthew Murphy, Our Lady of Malibu, Malibu, as of July 1
Fr. Anthony Lee, St. Agatha, Los Angeles, as of July 1
Fr. Brian Castaneda, St. Brendan, Los Angeles, as of September 1*
Santa Barbara Pastoral Region:
Fr. Marco Ortiz, Santa Clara, Oxnard, as of July 1 (Re-appointed as Pastor for one year)
Fr. Doan Pham, St. Anthony, Oxnard, as of July 1 (Re-appointed as Pastor for one year)
San Fernando Pastoral Region:
Fr. Alberto Arreola, Santa Rosa, San Fernando as of July 1 *
Fr. Joy Lawrence Santos, St. Genevieve, Panorama City, as of September 1 *
San Gabriel Pastoral Region:
Fr. Joachim Lepcha, Immaculate Conception, Monrovia, as of July 1
Fr. Ben Le, St. Christopher, West Covina, as of September 1 *
Fr. John Palmer, St. Denis, Diamond Bar, as of July 1
Fr. Christopher Bazyouros, St. Marcellinus, Los Angeles, as of September 1 *
San Pedro Pastoral Region:
Fr. Gerard O’Brien, Our Lady of Refuge, Long Beach, as of July 1
Fr. Alfredo Vargas, St. Athanasius, Long Beach, as of July 1
Fr. Toribio Gutierrez, St. Bernard, Bellflower, as of July 1
Fr. Martin Madero, St. Francis Xavier, Pico Rivera, as of July 1
Fr. Randy Campos, St. Matthew, Long Beach as of July 1*
The following priests will be appointed or re-appointed Administrators:
Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region:
Fr. Juan Ochoa, Christ the King, Los Angeles, as of July 1*
Fr. Arturo Valadez, Holy Spirit, Los Angeles, as of July 1 *
Fr. Luis Espinoza, St. Agnes, Los Angeles, as of July 1*
Fr. Michael Joseph Wu, O. Carm., St. Clement, Santa Monica, as of July 1 * (Extern Priest)
Fr. Alexis Ibarra, St. John Chrysostom, Inglewood, as of September 1 * (Extern Priest)
Fr. Albert Van Der Woerd, St. Mark, Venice, as of July 1 *
Fr. Anthony Garcias, St. Martin of Tours, Los Angeles, as of May 1
Santa Barbara Pastoral Region:
Fr. Oscar Daniel Martinez, La Purisima Concepcion, Lompoc, as of September 1 (Extern Priest)
Fr. Joshua Diener, Queen of Angels, Lompoc, as of September 1
Fr. Ian Hagan, St. Julie Billiart, Newbury Park, as of September 1
San Fernando Pastoral Region:
Fr. Marinello Saguin, Our Lady of Grace, Encino, as of July 1 *
Fr. Manuel Baeza, M.C.C.J., Our Lady of Peace, North Hills, as of July 1 (Extern Priest)
San Gabriel Pastoral Region:
Fr. Gabriel Kang, Chaplain at St. Gabriel Korean Catholic Center, Rowland Heights, September 1
San Pedro Pastoral Region:
Fr. Alidor Mikobi, St. Cyprian, Long Beach, as of July 1 *
Fr. Jeffrey Baker, St. Gregory the Great, Whittier, as of September 1
The following parish leaders will be appointed Parish Life Directors:
San Gabriel Pastoral Region:
Dr. Humberto Ramos, Epiphany, South El Monte, as of September 1
The following parishes will be entrusted to religious orders:
San Gabriel Pastoral Region:
Sacred Heart, Pomona, entrusted to the Misioneros de la Natividad de Maria (M.N.M) with Pastor/Administrator to be announced, as of July 1
Parishes with an asterisk denote parishes that were on the Open Pastorate listing this term. Due to the public health situation, some of the Pastor/Administrator assignments, for this year, will occur on September 1, 2020. Let us pray for the abovementioned clergy, religious, and lay leaders who have been called to serve in leadership in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
