{"id":413652,"date":"2026-07-27T09:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/413652\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T09:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:36:10","slug":"2026-priest-assignments-for-the-archdiocese-of-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/413652\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 priest assignments for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Associate pastor:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our Lady of the Angels Region:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Mark Martinez, St. Paul Church, Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Hieu Nguyen, St. Monica Church, Santa Monica\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Wisdom I. Obiajunwa, SDV, St. Eugene Church and St. Anselm Church, Los Angeles\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Luis Gerardo Pe\u00f1a, St. Patrick Church, Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Sergio Sandoval, St. Columbkille Church and Nativity Church, Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Everardo Soto Montoyo, St. Frances X. Cabrini Church, Los Angeles\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Santa Barbara Region:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Alfonso Abarca Patricio, Santa Clara Church, Oxnard<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Khoa Mai, St. Mary Magdalen Church, Camarillo<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Carlos Adolfo Mesa Ca\u00f1as, St. Joseph Church, Carpinteria<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Henry Okeke, St. Peter Claver Church, Simi Valley\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Fred I. Placa, Sacred Heart Church, Ventura\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Jairo J. Silva, C.Ss.R., St. John Neumann Church, Santa Maria<\/p>\n<p>San Fernando Region:<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Joseph Aline Dadiri, SMA, Our Lady of Peace Church, North Hills<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Charles Balamaze, St. John Baptist de la Salle Church, Granada Hills\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Jean-Morin Cadet, Santa Rosa de Lima Church, San Fernando while continuing at St. Ferdinand, San Fernando<\/p>\n<p>Fr. William Gil Londono, Our Lady of Grace Church, Encino<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Luis Mejia Zaragoza, Santa Rosa de Lima Church, San Fernando<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Ramon Pons, Mary Immaculate Church, Pacoima<\/p>\n<p>Fr. David Zamora, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Northridge<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>San Gabriel Region:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Michael DiPietro, St. Louis of Marillac Church, Covina\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Deusdedit Najja, Holy Family Church, South Pasadena<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Rajan Sengol, Sacred Heart Church, Covina\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Hieu Chi Tran, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Rowland Heights\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Shengda M. Zhu, St. John Vianney Church, Hacienda Heights\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>San Pedro Region:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Jerick Alenton, St. Cornelius Church, Long Beach<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Juan Cesar Carrasco, St. Anthony Church, Gardena\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Jose G. Casta\u00f1eda, St. Philip Neri Church, Lynwood<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Mariocelestine Emuebie, O.P., St. Bruno Church, Whittier\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Raymundo D. Espiga, St. Gregory the Great Church, Whittier\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Emmanuel Francis, MSFS, American Martyrs Church, Manhattan Beach<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Jose de Jesus Garcia, Our Lady of Victory Church, Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Jose E. Hernandez Torres, MG, St. Francis Xavier Church, Pico Rivera<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Anthony Huynh, St. Emydius Church, Lynwood<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Joseph Kim, OFM Conv., St. Lawrence Martyr Church, Redondo Beach<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Justin Ordoveza, St. John Fisher Church, Rancho Palos Verdes<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Jesus Romero Galan, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Downey<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Heriberto Serrano Silva, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Los Nietos\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Louis Song, St. James Church, Redondo Beach\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Jorge A. Soto Lugo, St. Mariana de Paredes Church, Pico Rivera<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Emmanuel Sylvester, St. Linus Church, Norwalk<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Special Assignment:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Michael A. Perucho, vicar for clergy<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Angel Castro, associate vicar for clergy<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Joseph Paul Choi, faculty, St. John\u2019s Seminary\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Thomas Green, associate director of vocations and Queen of Angels Center for priestly formation<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Doan Pham, senior priest, St. Maria Goretti Church, Long Beach<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Enrique Piceno Jr., priest secretary to the archbishop<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Arturo Velasco, senior priest, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Irwindale<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Richard John Zanotti, CS, resident, Villa Scalabrini Retirement Center, Sun Valley\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Retired:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Msgr. Craig Cox<\/p>\n<p>Msgr. Terrance L. Fleming<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Moises R. Apolinar\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Antonio Astudillo\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Charles Chaffman<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Thomas J. Elewaut<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Pedro Antonio Esteban<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Joseph Martin Palacios<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Roberto Louis Pirrone<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Marco Reyes<\/p>\n<p>Fr. James M. Stehly<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Ramon G. Velera<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Daniel C. White<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A list of new pastors and administrators was published in May. To view online, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/angelusnews.com\/local\/la-catholics\/parish-leadership-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">AngelusNews.com\/local\/la-catholics\/parish-leadership-2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aioseo-author-bio-compact-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c9d5a933941493d85c4fa9849398943b.jpeg\" alt=\"author avatar\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Associate pastor:\u00a0 Our Lady of the Angels Region:\u00a0 Fr. Mark Martinez, St. Paul Church, Los Angeles Fr. 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