2022 Clergy Appointments

The Most Reverend Douglas Crosby, OMI, Bishop of Hamilton, announces the following clergy appointments effective, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at twelve o’clock noon, unless otherwise noted.

Retirements

Father Malcolm Katzenberger	Retires as Pastor, St. Gregory the Great Parish, Cambridge
Father Ken Miskiewicz	Retires as Pastor, St. Joseph Parish, Fergus
Father Luc Payette	Retires as Pastor, Mary Immaculate Parish, Chepstow
Father Robert Sims	Retires as Pastor, St. John the Baptist Parish, Burlington

Pastors

Father Laszlo Amaszka	Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, Brantford
Father Roque Concepcion	St. Mark Parish, Kitchener
Father Andrew Czarny	Blessed Sacrament Parish, Burford, serving St. Anthony Daniel Mission, Scotland
Father Guillermo Diaz	Our Lady of All Souls Parish, Hamilton
Father Mariusz Durbajlo	St. Agatha Parish, St. Agatha, with responsibility for Carmel of St. Joseph, St. Agatha
Father Paul Edmondstone	Annunciation of Our Lord Parish, Hamilton
Father Romelito Guillen	Holy Family Parish, Hanover, serving St. Francis Xavier Mission, Carlsruhe, and St. Anne Mission, Chesley
Father Robert Hetu	St. Joseph Parish, Fergus
Father Grayson Hope	St. Peter Parish, Durham, serving St. Joseph Mission, Markdale, St. John Mission, Glenelg and St. Paul Mission, Dornoch
Msgr. Pierre Philippe Jean-Pierre	St. John the Baptist Parish, Burlington
Father Kahlid Karomi	St. Gregory the Great Parish, Cambridge continues as Pastor, St. Benham Syrian Community located at St. Gregory the Great Parish, Cambridge
Msgr. Murray Kroetsch	St. Joseph Parish, Hamilton, continues as Chancellor and Vicar General of the Diocese of Hamilton (effective March 31, 2022)
Father Bradley Markus	St. Clement Parish, Cambridge
Father Peter Meyer	St. Boniface Parish, Maryhill, continues as Pastor, St. Teresa of Avila Parish, Elmira
Father Stephen Murrin	St. Pius X Parish, Brantford
Father Grzegorz Ogorzalek	Canadian Martyrs Parish, Hamilton, serving as Chaplain of McMaster University, Hamilton
Father Valentine Onwunjiogu	St. John the Baptist Parish, Guelph
Father Lawrence Parent	St. Benedict Parish, Milton
Father James Petrie	Pastor Emeritus, St. Benedict Parish, Milton
Father Francisco Sordo	St. Joseph Parish, Port Elgin, serving St. Patrick Mission, Southampton, and Ministry to Migrant Workers
Father Leszek Szczygiel	Sacred Heart Parish, Mildmay, continues as Pastor, Sacred Heart Parish, Walkerton
Father Vivek Trindade	St. Anthony Daniel Parish, Kitchener
Father Wilson Andrade, CSC	St. Raphael Parish, Burlington (effective August 1, 2022)
Father Emmanuel Azike, OP	Immaculate Conception Parish, Formosa and Mary Immaculate Parish, Chepstow, serving St. Joseph Mission, Cargill and Sacred Heart Mission, Teeswater
Father Lukasz Kopaniak, SAC	Blessed Sacrament Parish, Kitchener, serving St. Brigid Mission, Ayr

Associate Pastors

Father Pawel Stankiewicz	St. Paul the Apostle Parish, Burlington
Father Christopher Tracey	Blessed Sacrament Parish, Kitchener, serving St. Brigid Mission, Ayr, and Ministry at Freeport Hospital and Women’s Prison Ministry
Father Sunil D’Souza, OCD	St. Aloysius Parish, Kitchener
Father Fidelis Umurkoro, OP	Immaculate Conception Parish, Formosa, and Mary Immaculate Parish, Chepstow, serving St. Joseph Mission, Cargill and Sacred Heart Mission, Teeswater

Other

Father Duy Van Nguyen	Sabbatical Leave
Father Fadi Rizk	Pastor of the Greek-Melkite Community located at Annunciation of Our Lord Parish, Hamilton

We thank Father Francis Salasiar, CSC (August 1, 2022), Father Allison Mahoney, CSC (January 26, 2022), who will be leaving the Diocese after a number of years of service.

We thank the Congregation of the Resurrection who are leaving St. Agatha Parish, St. Agatha, and St. Joseph Parish, Hamilton, after many long years of service. We thank especially Father Tim Uniac, CR, who has served most recently as Administrator of St. Agatha Parish, and Father Jim Link, CR, who has served St. Joseph Parish, for many years.

Please pray for God's blessings upon these new appointments.

Sincerely in Christ and Mary Immaculate,

(Most Rev.) Douglas Crosby, OMI
Bishop of Hamilton

Very Rev. Msgr. Murray Kroetsch, VG, PH
Chancellor

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