Pastoral Appointments and Changes - April 2026

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I am pleased to announce the following pastoral appointments and changes effective 
29 June 2026: 
 
Pastors
 

Rev. Sebastian Abraham, C.S.T.	Lake Huron Catholic Family of Parishes (Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mount Carmel; Precious Blood, Exeter; Immaculate Heart of Mary, Grand Bend; St. Boniface, Zurich; St. Peter, St. Joseph; St. Peter, Goderich)
Rev. Mateusz Sobierajski, CSMA	London East Central Catholic Family of Parishes (St. Patrick, London; St. Mary, London; Our Lady of Czestochowa, London; St. Stephen of Hungary, Hungarian Catholic Community, London)
Rev. Joseph Oghenejabor	North Oxford Catholic Family of Parishes (Sacred Heart, Ingersoll; Holy Trinity, Woodstock; Holy Cross Polish Catholic Community, Woodstock)
Rev. Antoine (Tony) Laforet	Kent Lambton Roman Catholic Family of Parishes (St. Michael Parish, Dresden; Sacred Heart Parish, Port Lambton; Holy Family Parish, Wallaceburg; Our Lady Help of Christians, Wallaceburg)
Rev. Chris Pietraszko	Lakes Erie and St. Clair Catholic Family of Parishes – Famille des paroisses catholiques des lacs Érié et Ste-Claire (Visitation, Comber; St. Francis of Xavier, Tilbury; St. Peter, Tilbury East; Immaculate Conception, Pain Court)

 
Parochial Vicars
 

Rev. Kieran Alaribe, C.S.Sp.	Avon-Thames Catholic Family of Parishes (St. Joseph, Stratford; Immaculate Conception, Stratford; Holy Name of Mary, St. Marys)
Rev. Timothy Etsenamhe	Lake Huron Catholic Family of Parishes (Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mount Carmel; Precious Blood, Exeter; Immaculate Heart of Mary, Grand Bend; St. Boniface, Zurich; St. Peter, St. Joseph; St. Peter, Goderich)
Rev. Stephen Nwamadi	Kent Lambton Roman Catholic Family of Parishes (St. Michael Parish, Dresden; Sacred Heart Parish, Port Lambton; Holy Family Parish, Wallaceburg; Our Lady Help of Christians, Wallaceburg)
Rev. Dariusz Jagodzinski	Rose City Central Catholic Family of Parishes (Holy Trinity, Windsor; St. Francis of Assisi, Windsor; Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Windsor; St. Michael Parish, Windsor)
Rev. Soji Mathew	Erie Tri-County Catholic Family of Parishes
	(St. Mary, Tillsonburg; Sacred Heart, Langton; St. Michael Church, Walsh)
Rev. Francis Ndey	Lakes Erie and St. Clair Catholic Family of Parishes – Famille des paroisses catholiques des lacs Érié et Ste-Claire (Visitation, Comber; St. Francis of Xavier, Tilbury; St. Peter, Tilbury East; Immaculate Conception, Pain Court)
Rev. Joseph Matthew, SDV	Sarnia Bluewater Roman Catholic Family of Parishes (Our Lady of Mercy, Sarnia; St. Joseph Church, Sarnia; St. Benedict Parish, Sarnia; St. Thomas Aquinas, Sarnia; Queen of Peace Catholic Community, Sarnia; Sacred Heart, Sarnia; St. Michael, Brights Grove)
Rev. Christian Ogbonna, SDV	Sarnia Bluewater Roman Catholic Family of Parishes (Our Lady of Mercy, Sarnia; St. Joseph Church, Sarnia; St. Benedict Parish, Sarnia; St. Thomas Aquinas, Sarnia; Queen of Peace Catholic Community, Sarnia; Sacred Heart, Sarnia; St. Michael, Brights Grove)
Rev. Matthew Sawyer	London North Central Catholic Family of Parishes
	(St. Peter's Cathedral, London; St. Michael, London; St. Josephine Bakhita African Caribbean Catholic Community, London)
Rev. James Prins	Lucan Northwest London Catholic Family of Parishes (Holy Family, London; St. Patrick, Lucan)
Rev. Edward Okorie, C.S.Sp.	LaSalle River Canard Catholic Family of Parishes (Sacred Heart, LaSalle; St. Joseph, River Canard)
Rev. Stephen Amoah-Gyasi	North Central Windsor Catholic Family of Parishes (Our Lady of Guadalupe; Most Precious Blood; St. Theresa; Sts. Cyril and Methodius Parish; San Juan Diego of Guadalupe Hispanic Catholic Community)
Rev. Gabriel Eneke, SDV	Windsor Heritage Catholic Family of Parishes (Our Lady of the Assumption, Windsor; St. Alphonsus, Windsor; St. Angela Merici, Windsor; St. Daniel Comboni African Catholic Community, Windsor; St. Benedict Tridentine Catholic Community, Windsor)
Rev. Kevin Mannara, CSB	Windsor Heritage Catholic Family of Parishes (Our Lady of the Assumption, Windsor; St. Alphonsus, Windsor; St. Angela Merici, Windsor; St. Daniel Comboni African Catholic Community, Windsor; St. Benedict Tridentine Catholic Community, Windsor)
Rev. Tony (TJ) Vandermeer	Chatham Catholic Family of Parishes (Blessed Sacrament, Chatham; St. Joseph, Chatham; St. Ursula, Chatham; Our Lady of Victory Polish Catholic Community, Chatham)
Rev. Stanislaw Izdebski	North Oxford Catholic Family of Parishes (Sacred Heart, Ingersoll; Holy Trinity, Woodstock; Holy Cross Polish Catholic Community, Woodstock)

 
Permanent Deacons
 

Deacon John Vezina	Fanshawe-Thames Catholic Family of Parishes
Deacon Michael Cookson	Springbank Catholic Family of Parishes

 
Seminarian Pastoral Year Placements
 

Mr. Adam Rivard	Erie Shores South Catholic Family of Parishes
Mr. James Martin	London South Catholic Family of Parishes
Mr. Jeremy Chisholm	East Windsor Catholic Family of Parishes

 
Retirements
 

Rev. Lucio Couto	1 January 2026
Rev. Gary Ducharme	30 June 2026
Rev. Jan Burczyk, CSMA	30 June 2026
Rev. Paul Baillargeon	30 June 2026 Retiring from Judicial Vicar, Chancellor, Episcopal Vicar for Canonical Services
Rev. Thomas Janisse	30 June 2026
Deacon John White	30 June 2026

 
Designated Ministries
 

Rev. Andrew Ankamah, C.S.Sp.	Migrant Worker Ministry
Rev. Patrick Bénéteau	Judicial Vicar Chancellor Episcopal Vicar for Canonical Services
Rev. Paul Baillargeon	Director of Ministry to Priests

 
Assignments in Other Dioceses
 

Rev. Dariusz Lewandowski, CSMA	Diocese of Hamilton
Rev. David Butler	Diocese of Pembroke (One year)

 
I would like to extend our prayers and support to our priests, parish teams, and Families of Parishes who will be impacted by these pastoral changes.  May God continue to bless our ministry to the people of our Diocese.
 
Most Rev. Ronald P. Fabbro, CSB
Bishop of London