Pastoral Appointments

Please pray for the Church's priests as they continue their ministries.

Effective August 1
Father Joseph Thien Dinh, S.C.J. – Priest-in-Residence, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Houston
Father Graham Keep, C.C. – Associate Director, the Catholic Charismatic Center, Houston

Effective July 1, 2025
Father Lucio Castillo, O.M.I., – Administrator, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Houston
Father Justin Cormie – Formation Faculty, St. Mary Seminary
Father John Clark – Parochial Vicar, St. Faustina, Fulshear
Father Ronnie Dela Cruz – Parochial Vicar, Sacred Heart of Jesus , Manvel
Father Hubert Hai Dao – Parochial Vicar, St. Vincent de Paul, Houston
Father Aloysius Fernandez – Parochial Vicar, Notre Dame, Houston
Father Luis Garcia – Administrator, Our Lady of Fatima - Galena Park
Father Richard Hinkley – Division Dean, School of Theology of the University of St. Thomas
Father Armando Ibanez, O.P. – Priest-in-Residence, Holy Rosary Priory, Houston
Father Paul Lockey – Granted Retirement
Father Hoang “Wayne” Ly – Parochial Vicar, St. Laurence, Sugar Land
Father Luke Manuel – Parochial Vicar, St. Helen, Pearland
Father David Michael Moses – Administrator, Christ Our Light, Navasota and St. Stanislaus, Anderson
Father Zachary Muldrow – Further Studies, Catholic University of America
Father Duy Nguyen, S.C.J. – Parochial Vicar, St. Charles Borromeo, Houston
Father Giovanni Nguyen – Hospital Chaplain, Catholic Chaplain Corps
Father Joseph Nguyen – Parochial Vicar, Christ the Good Shepherd, Spring
Father Linh Nguyen – Parochial Vicar, St. Justin Martyr, Houston
Father Houston Okonma – Administrator, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, La Porte
Father Timothy Paulsen, O.M.I. – Parochial Vicar, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Houston
Father Jaison Thomas Pezhathinal, M.S.F.S. – Pastor, St. Thomas Aquinas, Sugar Land
Father Paolo Puccini, C.S.P. – Parochial Vicar, St. John Vianney, Houston
Father Jacob Ramirez – Administrator, St. Rose of Lima, Houston
Father J Serrato – Parochial Vicar, Holy Family Parish, Galveston and Bolivar
Father Carlos Velero Mendoza – Parochial Vicar, St. Martha, Kingwood

Effective June 18, 2025
Father Walter Michael Werbylo, C.S.B. – Retired Priest-in-Residence, Dillon House

Effective June 1, 2025
Father George “Jerzy” Mordalski, S.C.J. – Pastor, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Houston
Father Richard MacDonald, S.C.J. – Priest-in-Residence, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Houston

Effective July 1
Father Sean Horrigan - Pastor of St. Vincent de Paul, Houston
Father Mark Hebert - Pastor of Christ the Redeemer, Houston

Effective June 1
Monsignor William (Bill) Young was granted retirement from St. Vincent de Paul, Houston
Father Mark Hebert was relieved from Priest Secretary to the Office of the Cardinal

Effective May 5
Father Christopher Meyer - Administrator of Sacred Heart, Pattison

Effective May 1
Father David DuBois was granted retirement from Sacred Heart, Pattison

Effective March 31
Father Ian Balisnomo, FLP - Parochial Vicar of Epiphany of the Lord Parish, Katy

Effective March 12
Father Biju Antony - Hospital Chaplain

Effective February 20
Father Ricardo Arriola - Administrator to Pastor of Shrine of the True Cross, Dickinson

Father Thuc Nguyen - Administrator to Pastor of St. Joseph, Baytown

Effective February 10
Father Joseph White - Priest Secretary, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston

Effective January 1
Father Joachim Bilung, S.V.D. - Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Baytown

Father Truong S. Nguyen - Administrator of St. Hyacinth, Deer Park