2024 Additional Clergy Pastoral Appointments
Date posted on June 3, 2024
The Most Reverend Douglas Crosby, OMI, Bishop of Hamilton, announces the following clergy appointments effective, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at twelve o’clock noon, unless otherwise noted.
Pastors
| Father David Wilhelm | Holy Rosary Parish, Burlington |
Administrators
| Father Gianluca Roso, MCCJ | St. Joseph and St. Anne Parishes, Kitchener (July 1, 2024) |
Associate Pastors
| Father Stanley Nwokeji | St. Pius X Parish, Brantford |
| Father Pawel Stankiewicz | St. Andrew Parish, Oakville |
Newly Ordained
| Father Luis Inacio | St. Joseph Parish, Hamilton (effective July 20, 2024) |
| Father William Meehan | St. Anthony Daniel Parish, Kitchener (effective July 20, 2024) |
Seminarians
| Deacon-Elect Moices Caballero | Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate Parish, Guelph (Diaconal Year, June 26, 2024-June 25, 2025) |
| Deacon- Elect Joonbin Lim | St. Agnes Parish, Waterloo (Diaconal Year, June 26, 2024-June 25, 2025) |
| Mr. Adrian Dieleman | St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Hamilton (Pastoral Year over 4 summers: May to August 2024– 2027) |
| Mr. Peter Hoan Nguyen | St. Patrick Parish, Cambridge (Pastoral Year August 2024-2025) |
| Mr. Rishi Persaud | St. Francis Xavier Parish, Stoney Creek (Pastoral Year over 4 summers: May to August 2024– 2027) |
| Mr. Joseph Heidenreich | Incarnation of Our Blessed Lord, Hamilton (Summer Placement) |
| Mr. Tim Kulakowsky | Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Stoney Creek (Summer Placement) |
| Mr. Joseph Mendonca | St. Teresa of Avila Parish, Elmira (Summer Placement) |
| Mr. Joshua Osoria-Bote | St. Joseph Parish, Port Elgin (Summer Placement) |
| Mr. Paul Reczek | St. Mark Parish, Kitchener (Summer Placement) |
| Mr. Donovan Trentin | Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King, Hamilton (Summer Placement) |
Other
| Monsignor Martin Vallely | Chaplain, Precious Blood Monastery, Hamilton |
| Father Raphael Ma, CR | Bishop’s Representative, Carmelite Guild |
| Father Pawel Szymanowski, CR | Bishop’s Representative on L.A.R.C. |
| St. Bridget Mission, Ayr | Mission will be served by Blessed Sacrament Parish, Kitchener |
Permanent Diaconate
| Reverend Mr. Neil Devereaux | St. Gregory the Great Parish, Cambridge |
| Reverend Mr. Camille Johnson | St. John the Baptist Parish, Burlington (June 15, 2024) |
| Reverend Mr. Trevor Klein | Holy Rosary Parish, Guelph |
| Reverend Mr. Michael Kuhl | Blessed Sacrament Parish, Kitchener (June 15, 2024) |
| Reverend Mr. Richard Olson | St. Mary, Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Parish, Kitchener (June 15, 2024) |
Please pray for God’s blessing upon these new appointments.
Sincerely in Christ and Mary Immaculate,
Sincerely in Christ and Mary Immaculate,
(Most Rev.) Douglas Crosby, OMI
Bishop of Hamilton
Very Rev. Msgr. Murray Kroetsch, VG, PH
Chancellor