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Borba was ordained alongside Marco Antonio Ayala Rodriguez and Jose Francisco Orozco Cardenas by Bishop Joseph V. Brennan at St. Charles Borromeo Church, the largest Catholic parish church in the United States, which seats up to 3,200 worshipers.Bishop Brennan assigned all three new priests to Central Valley parishes as parochial vicars starting June 27: Borba to Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Clovis, Ayala to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Bakersfield and Orozco to The Shrine of St. Therese in Fresno.Borba resigned from his business ventures in 2021 and studied at St. Patrick\u2019s Seminary and University in Menlo Park. He told news outlets that after living as \u201ca poster boy for luxury living,\u201d he now lives with the bare minimum.Raised in Visalia as the youngest of five siblings, Borba earned a psychology degree from Santa Clara University before moving to Los Angeles to start his company. He returned to Fresno in his 40s to pursue the priesthood.According to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, only 3% of the class of 2026 seminarians are 51 or older. Diocese spokesperson Chandler Marquez said Borba won\u2019t be the oldest priest ordained in Fresno \u2014 a priest was ordained in his 70s two summers ago.<\/p>\n
This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence based on our own originally reported, written and published content. Before publishing, journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media\u2019s AI policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n This story was originally published July 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fresno Bee<\/p>\n Mar\u00eda G. Ortiz-Briones<\/a><\/p>\n The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n Mar\u00eda G. Ortiz-Briones is a reporter and photographer for McClatchy\u2019s Vida en el Valle publication and the Fresno Bee. She covers issues that impact the Latino community in the Central Valley. She is a regular contributor to La Abeja, The Bee\u2019s free weekly newsletter on Latino issues. | Mar\u00eda G. Ortiz-Briones es reportera y fot\u00f3grafa de la publicaci\u00f3n Vida en el Valle de McClatchy y el Fresno Bee. Ella cubre temas que impactan a la comunidad latina en el Valle Central. Es colaboradora habitual de La Abeja, el bolet\u00edn semanal gratuito de The Bee sobre temas latinos.
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