August 2025
The Office of the Bishop has announced these appointments:
Bishop Felipe Pulido as Vicar for Clergy, effective July 18
Father Emilio Magaña as associate pastor of St. Mark Parish, San Marcos, effective Aug. 1
With the agreement of their superiors:
Father Ramiro Sanchez Chan, CS, as pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, San Ysidro, effective Aug. 1
Father George G. Perez, CJM, as pastor of St. Patrick Parish, Carlsbad, effective Sept. 1
Father Ronald M. Bagley, CJM, as senior associate pastor of St. Patrick Parish, Carlsbad, effective Sept. 1
Father Azam Mansha, CJM, as associate pastor of St. James, effective Sept. 1
And, in addition to their current assignments:
Father Elmer Mandac as Vicar General, effective July 21
Father Pat Mulcahy as Vicar for Priests’ Activities, effective July 21
Father William Zondler as Vicar for Synodality, effective July 21
Father Efrain Bautista as Vicar for International Priests, effective Aug. 1
Father Devadhasan Masillamony as Interim Administrator for St. John of the Cross Parish, Lemon Grove, effective Aug. 1
Father Guillermo Hernández as chaplain for Mater Dei Catholic High School, effective Aug. 4
Father Matthew Vasquez as chaplain for Cathedral Catholic High School, effective Aug. 13
July 2025
The Office of the Bishop has announced the following priest assignments:
Bishop Felipe Pulido as canonical pastor of St. Luke Parish, El Cajon
Father Peter Vu Lam as canonical pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish
Father Marc Gandolfo as director of priestly vocations, effective Aug. 1
Father Christopher Bongato, in addition to his assignment as parochial vicar of St. Martin of Tours Parish, La Mesa, as secretary for the Office for Ethnic and Intercultural Communities
And, with the permission of their provincial superiors:
Father Juan Diego Lopez Perez, TOR, as associate pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Vista, effective July 1
Father Miguel Romero Mozo, MSP, as spiritual director of the formation program at St. Francis Center, effective Aug. 1
May 2025
The Office of the Bishop has announced the following priest assignments, effective July 1:
Father Brian Frulla, who will be ordained June 14, as associate pastor of St. Therese Parish, Del Cerro
Father Anthony Jimenez, to be ordained June 14, as associate pastor of St. John of the Cross Parish, Lemon Grove
Father Jesse Lopez, to be ordained June 14, as associate pastor of St. Mark Parish, San Marcos
Father Raymond Philip Napuli as associate pastor at St. Mary Parish, Escondido
Father Jorge Mante as associate pastor of St. Mary Parish, National City
And, with the agreement of their superiors:
Father Juan Pablo Barragan, TOR, as associate pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Vista
Father Boniface lssaka, SVD, continuing as associate pastor of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish
Father Kizito Ndugbu, SMMM, as associate pastor of Our Lady of the Valley Parish, El Centro
Father Lan Anh Ngo, SJ, as pastoral associate at UCSD Catholic Newman Center
Father Van Tinh To, CS, as associate pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, San Ysidro
Father Martin Achi Yusaf, OSA, as associate pastor of St. Patrick Parish, San Diego
March 2025
Father Boniface Isaaka, SVD, as associate pastor of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish, effective Jan. 18, 2025.
Father Theodore E. Gabrielli, SJ, as associate pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, San Diego, effective immediately.
June 2024
Father Benjamin Le, SVD, has been appointed pastor of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish, effective June 4.
Father Bethrand Ujunwa has been appointed as hospital chaplain in the South Bay Deanery, effective July 1.
Father Andrés Ernesto Torres, CJM, has been appointed associate pastor of St. Rose of Lima Parish, effective July 1.
Father Edgardo Jara, OFM, has been appointed pastor of Mission San Luis Rey Parish, effective Aug. 1.
Father Joseph Juracek, OFM, has been appointed associate pastor of Mission San Luis Rey Parish, effective Aug. 1.
Father Macario (More) Torres, OFM, has been appointed associate pastor of Mission San Luis Rey Parish, effective Aug. 1.
May 2024
Father Gabriel Afeti, AJ, has been appointed associate pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, San Diego, effective July 1.
April 2024
Father Sean Embury has been appointed associate pastor of Good Shepherd Parish, effective July 1.
Father Daniel Holgren has been appointed associate pastor of Mission San Diego de Alcalá Parish, effective July 1.
Father Ignatius Kipchirchir has been appointed pastor of St. Martin of Tours Parish, effective July 1.
Father Oscar López has been appointed associate pastor of Resurrection Parish, effective July 1.
Father Elmer Mandac has been appointed pastor of Good Shepherd Parish, effective July 1.
Father Roldan M. Nuñez has been appointed pastor of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish, effective July 1.
Father Rogelio Pingol has been appointed associate pastor of Corpus Christi Parish, effective July 1.
January 2024
Father Juan Pablo Barragan Mendoza, TOR, has been appointed associate pastor of St. Mary Parish in Escondido, effective Dec. 1.
October 2023
Father Gwangho Min has been appointed as chaplain of the Korean Catholic Community of San Diego and, within that context, as associate pastor of St. Columba Parish, effective Aug. 16.
Father Alberto Villafan, OFM, has been appointed associate pastor of Mission San Luis Rey, effective Sept. 1.
Father Winson P. Menachery, CRSP, has been appointed associate pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, effective Sept. 20.
August 2023
Father Salvador Mejia has been appointed as parochial vicar of Mission San Luis Rey, effective July 1.
Father Rigoberto Olivares Mejia has been appointed parochial vicar of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Chula Vista, effective Aug. 1.
Father John Phan has been appointed parochial vicar of Good Shepherd Parish, effective July 1.