2023 Additional Clergy Appointments
Date posted on May 23, 2023
The Most Reverend Douglas Crosby, OMI, Bishop of Hamilton, announces the following clergy appointments effective, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at twelve o’clock noon, unless otherwise noted.
Administrators
| Father Livinus Okamgba | St. Patrick Parish, Cambridge (effective Sept. 3, 2023 – Dec. 19, 2023) |
| Father Christopher Tracey | St. Brigid Mission, Ayr (effective June 20, 2023) |
Associate Pastors
| Father Carlos Diaz | Holy Cross Parish, Georgetown (effective June 1, 2023) |
| Father John Ha | St. Benedict Parish, Milton (effective June 28, 2023) |
| Father Paul Niesiobedzki | St. Gabriel Parish, Burlington (effective June 1, 2023) |
| Father Jonathan Reitzel | St. Francis Xavier Parish, Stoney Creek (effective June 1, 2023) |
| Father Rajesh D’Souza, OCD | St. Matthew Parish, Oakville (effective August 4, 2023) |
| Father Benedict T. Insigne, CRSP | St. James Parish, Oakville |
| Father Innocent Nwachukwu | St. John the Baptist Parish, Guelph (In Residence) |
Seminarians
| Deacon-Elect William Meehan | St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Hamilton (Pastoral Year over 4 summers: 2021 – 2024) |
| Deacon-Elect Luis Inacio | St. Anthony Daniel Parish, Kitchener (effective May 15, 2023) |
| Mr. Moices Caballero | St. John / Our Lady of Guadalupe, Kitchener (Pastoral Year, Jan.-Dec. 2023) |
| Mr. Adrian Dieleman | Our Lady of All Souls, Hamilton (Summer Placement, May 15, 2023) |
| Mr. Tim Kulakowsky | St. Joseph Parish, Guelph (Summer Placement, May 31, 2023) |
| Mr. Joseph Mendonca | Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate, Guelph (Summer Placement, July 1, 2023) |
| Mr. Peter Nguyen | Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Waterloo (Summer Placement, May 9, 2023) |
| Mr. Rishi Persaud | St. Teresa of Avila Parish, Elmira (Summer Placement, May 15, 2023) |
| Mr. Brandon Joshua Rego | Notre Dame Parish, Hamilton (Summer Placement, May 9, 2023) |
Other
| Reverend Wojciech Kuzma | St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton – Laurier University Graduate Diploma in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy |
| Reverend Stefano Lee | Incardinated into the Diocese of Hamilton (April 1, 2023) |
| Reverend Michael McHugh | Retires, Chaplain, St. Joseph Villa, Dundas |
We thank Father Peter Nwachukwu, OCD (May 15, 2023), who has left the Diocese.
Please pray for God’s blessing 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