Diocese of Santa Rosa – OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS for 2019

Reverend Michael Culligan - Retiring from Active Pastoral Ministry effective Monday, June 24, 2019.
Reverend Denis O’Sullivan - Retiring from Active Pastoral Ministry effective Monday, July 1, 2019.
Reverend Lou Nichols - Retiring from Active Pastoral Ministry effective Monday, June 24, 2019.
Reverend Michaelraj Philominsamy - Pastor of St. Rose of Lima Parish, Santa Rosa effective Monday, July 1, 2019.
Reverend Fergal McGuinness, JV - Pastor of Saint Apollinaris Parish in Napa, effective June 24, 2019.
Reverend Balaswamy Govindu - Pastor of Saint Philip the Apostle Parish, Occidental and in charge of Saint Teresa of Avila Mission, effective June 24, 2019.
Reverend Carlos Ortega - Pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Windsor effective Monday, July 1, 2019.
Reverend Gabriel Barrera - Parochial Administrator of Saint Aloysius Parish, Point Arena and in charge of Mary Star of the Sea Mission, Gualala, effective July 1, 2019.
Reverend Gerard Gormley - Pastor of Saint James Parish, Petaluma effective June 24, 2019
Reverend Monsignor Daniel Whelton, VG - Temporary Parochial Administrator of Saint Sebastian Parish, Sebastopol effective May 15, 2019 through June 24, 2019 and Temporary Parochial Administrator of Saint James Parish, Petaluma effective June 24, 2019 until Father Gerard Gormley recovers from surgery.
Reverend Mario Valencia - Parochial Administrator of Saint Sebastian Parish, Sebastopol effective June 24, 2019
Reverend Eliseo Avendaño - Pastor of Saint Mary Immaculate Parish, Lakeport and in charge of Saint Peter Mission, Kelseyville, effective June 24, 2019
Reverend Daniel Roa - Parochial Administrator of Saint Joan of Arc Parish and in charge of Holy Family Mission, Rutherford, effective June 24, 2019.
Reverend Robert Torczynski - Parochial Administrator of Saint Anthony of Padua Parish, Mendocino and in charge of Blessed Sacrament Mission, Elk, effective June 24, 2019.
Reverend Jeffrey Keyes - Chaplain to Sonoma State Newman Center effective June 24, 2019.
Reverend Ramon Pons - Temporarily released to serve in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, effective June 24, 2019.
Reverend David Jenuwine - Parochial Vicar of Saint Vincent de Paul Parish, Petaluma effective June 24, 2019.
Reverend John Boettcher - Parochial Vicar of Saint Eugene Cathedral, Santa Rosa effective June 24, 2019.
Reverend Peter Reddy - Parochial Administrator of Saint Mary of the Angels Parish, Ukiah and in charge of Saint Elizabeth Mission, Philo and Saint Francis Mission, Hopland, effective July 1, 2019.
Reverend Anthony Madanu, SVD - Parochial Vicar of St. Rose of Lima Parish, Santa Rosa effective Monday, July 1, 2019.
Reverend Jose Isaac Alejandro de la Cruz - Parochial Vicar of Saint John the Baptist Parish, Napa, effective Monday, July 1, 2019.
Reverend Aaron DePeyster - Parochial Vicar of Saint Apollinaris Parish in Napa, effective June 24, 2019.
(Pending) - Parochial Vicar Saint Mary of the Angels Parish, Ukiah, Saint Elizabeth Mission, Philo and Saint Francis Mission, Hopland.