The Archbishop has approved the following priests to be appointed Pastors on July 1, 2018:
Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region:
Fr. Augustine Chang, St. Gregory Nazianzen, Los Angeles, Deanery: 14
Fr. Brian Chung, Mother of Sorrows, Los Angeles, Deanery: 16
Fr. Enrique Huerta, St. Francis of Assisi, Los Angeles, Deanery: 14
Fr. Juan Bosco Jimenez, St. Francis X. Cabrini, Los Angeles,
Fr. Luis Lucchetti, St. Malachy, Los Angeles, Deanery: 14
Fr. Gerard O'Brien, St. Anselm, Los Angeles, Deanery: 16
Fr. Ever Quintero, St. Columbkille, Los Angeles, and Nativity, Los Angeles, Deanery: 16
Fr. Fredy Rosales, Presentation of Mary, Los Angeles, Deanery: 16
Fr. Leszek Semik, St. Anastasia, Los Angeles, Deanery: 13
Fr. Richard Sunwoo, Our Savior, Los Angeles, Deanery: 15
Santa Barbara Pastoral Region:
Fr. Cesar Magallon, Our Lady of Sorrows, Santa Barbara, Deanery: 2
San Fernando Pastoral Region:
Fr. Stephen Davoren, St. Mel, Woodland Hills, Deanery: 5
Fr. Jose Magana, St. Charles Borromeo, North Hollywood, Deanery: 7
Fr. Ramon Valera, St. John Baptist de la Salle, Granada Hills, Deanery: 5
San Gabriel Pastoral Region:
Fr. Mario Arellano, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Deanery: 9
Fr. Thomas Baker St. Rita, Sierra Madre, Deanery: 10
Fr. Anthony Gomez, St. Philip, Pasadena, Deanery: 10
Fr. Thai Le, St. Thomas More, Alhambra, Deanery: 10
Fr. Joseph Magdaong, St. Stephen, Monterey Park, Deanery: 10
Fr. Michael Ume, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pasadena, Deanery: 10
San Pedro Pastoral Region:
Fr. George Aguilera, St. Anthony, Long Beach, Deanery: 20
Fr. Humberto Bernabe, St. Albert Great, Rancho Dominguez, Deanery: 17
Fr. Francis Ilano, St. Philomena, Carson, Deanery: 19
Msgr. Sal Pilato, St. Anthony of Padua, Gardena, Deanery: 19
Fr. William Ruther, St. Catherine of Alexandria, Avalon, Deanery: 19
The following priests will be appointed or re-appointed Administrators:
Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region:
Fr. John-Paul Gonzalez, St. Victor, West Hollywood, Deanery: 13
Msgr. Liam Kidney, Our Lady of Malibu, Malibu (will continue as Pastor of Corpus Christi, Pacific Palisades), Deanery: 13
Fr. Miguel Mascorro, Sch.P., St. Raphael, Los Angeles (Extern Priest), Deanery: 16
Fr. Joseph Lal, Ascension, Los Angeles (Extern Priest), Deanery: 16
Fr. Anthony Lee, St. Agatha, Los Angeles, Deanery: 15
Santa Barbara Pastoral Region:
Fr. Aloysius Ezeonyeka, Sacred Heart, Ventura, Deanery: 3
Fr. Jeejo Vazhappilly, Sch.P., La Purisima Concepcion, Lompoc (Extern Priest), Deanery: 1
San Fernando Pastoral Region:
Fr. Albert Avenido, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Santa Clarita, Deanery: 8
Fr. Nahum Gutierrez, M.G., Our Lady of Peace, North Hills (Extern Priest), Deanery: 7
Fr. Sebastian Vettickal, C.M.I., St. Francis Xavier, Burbank (Religious Order Priest), Deanery: 7
San Gabriel Pastoral Region:
Fr. Thomas Asia, St. Martha, Valinda, Deanery: 12
Fr. Michael Joseph Wu, O.Carm., St. Louis of France, La Puente (Extern Priest), Deanery: 11
Fr. Joachim Lepcha, Immaculate Conception, Monrovia (Extern Priest), Deanery: 11
San Pedro Pastoral Region:
Fr. Christopher Felix, St. Linus, Norwalk, Deanery: 16
Fr. Toribio Gutierrez, C.M., St. Bernard, Bellflower (Extern Priest), Deanery: 17
Fr. Martin Madero, St. Francis Xavier, Pico Rivera, Deanery: 18
Fr. Kevin Nolan, Holy Trinity, San Pedro, Deanery: 19
Fr. Alfredo Vargas, C.M.F., St. Athanasius, Long Beach (Extern Priest), Deanery: 20
Special Situations
Fr. Ben Le, St. Martin of Tours, Los Angeles, Deanery: 13 [Will continue as Pastor for an additional year.]
Religious Order Parishes
The Claretians have proposed Fr. John Molyneux, C.M.F. as Pastor, San Gabriel Mission, San Gabriel, Deanery: 10
The Divine Word Missionaries have proposed Fr. Lester Alan Jenkins, S.V.D., as Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Los Angeles, Deanery: 16
The Paulist Fathers have proposed Fr. Gilbert Saldana Martinez, C.S.P., as Pastor, St. Paul the Apostle, Los Angeles, Deanery: 13
