Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, announced the following priest appointments. They are all effective July 9, 2025 unless otherwise noted:
RETIREMENTS
Father Alain Colliou to retired, with residence at Saint Michael Parish, Baden, Maryland; from pastor, Our Lady Help of Christians Parish, Waldorf, Maryland.
Father Mark Hughes to retired, with private residence; from pastor, Holy Redeemer Parish, Kensington, Maryland.
Msgr. Michael Mellone to retired, with residence at Saint John the Baptist Parish, Silver Spring, Maryland; from pastor, Annunciation Parish, Washington, D.C.
Father Henry Slevin to retired, with private residence; from missionary work in Vietnam, effective March 1, 2025.
Father Mark Tucker to medical retirement, with residence at Saint John XXIII Residence, Hyattsville, Maryland; from adjutant judicial vicar, Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Washington, effective Feb. 1, 2025.
Father Francis Walsh to retired, with residence at Redemptoris Mater Seminary of Philadelphia, from spiritual director of same, effective March 1, 2025.
Msgr. Peter Vaghi to retired, with private residence, while remaining chaplain to the John Carroll Society; from pastor, Church of the Little Flower Parish, Bethesda, Maryland.
PASTORS
Father Tony D’Souza to pastor, Saint Mary Parish, Barnesville, Maryland; from pastor, Saint Francis Xavier Parish, Washington, D.C., and administrator, Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish, Washington, D.C.
Father LeRoy Fangmeyer to pastor, Church of the Little Flower Parish, Bethesda, Maryland; from pastor, Mother Seton Parish, Germantown, Maryland.
Father Matthew Fish to pastor, Saint Jerome Parish, Hyattsville, Maryland; from parochial vicar, Mother Seton Parish, Germantown, Maryland.
Father Robert Golas to pastor, Sacred Heart Parish, Bushwood, Maryland, and pastor, Holy Angels Parish, Avenue, Maryland; from sabbatical leave.
Father Scott Hahn to pastor, Annunciation Parish, Washington, D.C.; from pastor, Saint Jerome Parish, Hyattsville, Maryland.
Father Mark Ivany to pastor, Saint Mary, Mother of God Parish, Washington, D.C.; while continuing to serve as the director, Office of Vocations, and director of seminarians.
Father Thomas LaHood to pastor, Holy Redeemer Parish, Kensington, Maryland; from pastor, Saint Mary of the Assumption Parish, Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
Father Agustin Lopez to pastor, Our Lady Help of Christians Parish, Waldorf, Maryland; from pastor, Holy Name Parish, Washington, D.C.
Father Samuel Plummer to pastor, Saint Mary of the Assumption Parish, Upper Marlboro, Maryland; from pastor, Saint Mary of Piscataway Parish, Clinton, Maryland.
Father Kevin Regan to pastor, Mother Seton Parish, Germantown, Maryland; from priest secretary to the archbishop.
Father Marco Schad to pastor, Saint Mary of the Mills Parish, Laurel, Maryland; from pastor, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Lexington Park, Maryland.
ADMINISTRATORS
Father Christian Huebner to administrator, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Lexington Park, Maryland; from parochial vicar, Saint Michael the Archangel Parish, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Father Ebuka Mbanude to administrator, Saint Francis Xavier Parish, Washington, D.C., and Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish, Washington, D.C.; while remaining director, Office of Evangelization.
Father James Morrison to administrator, Our Lady Queen of the Americas Parish, Washington, D.C.; from parochial vicar, Our Lady Queen of the Americas Parish, Washington, D.C.
Father Jan Pietryga to administrator, Holy Name Parish, Washington, D.C.; from parochial vicar, Our Lady Help of Christians Parish, Waldorf, Maryland.
Father Gregory Zingler to administrator, Saint Mary of Piscataway Parish, Clinton, Maryland; from parochial vicar, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, Maryland.
PAROCHIAL VICARS
Father Gerald Andrews to parochial vicar, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, Maryland; from parochial vicar, Holy Redeemer Parish, College Park, Maryland.
Father Fidele Bimenyimana to parochial vicar, Saint Catherine Laboure Parish, Wheaton, Maryland; from parochial vicar, Saint Francis Xavier Parish, Washington, D.C.
Father Benjamin Bralove to parochial vicar, Saint Mary of the Mills Parish, Laurel, Maryland; from continuing studies, Pontifical North American College, Rome.
Father Mattia Cortigiani to parochial vicar, Saint Bartholomew Parish, Bethesda, Maryland; from parochial vicar, Saint Mary of the Mills Parish, Laurel, Maryland.
Father James Fangmeyer to parochial vicar, Saint Martin of Tours Parish, Gaithersburg, Maryland; from continuing studies, Pontifical North American College, Rome.
Father Nathaniel Roberts to parochial vicar, Sacred Heart Parish, Bowie, Maryland; from continuing studies, Theological College, Washington, D.C.
Father Francisco Rodriguez to parochial vicar, Saint Francis Xavier Parish, Washington, D.C.; from parochial vicar, Shrine of Saint Jude, Rockville, Maryland.
Father Vincent Vu to parochial vicar, Holy Redeemer Parish, College Park, Maryland; from parochial vicar, Saint Joseph Parish, Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
Father Stephen Wong to parochial vicar, Saint Joseph Parish, Upper Marlboro, Maryland; from parochial vicar, Our Lady of Mercy Parish, Potomac, Maryland.
Father Alexander Wyvill to parochial vicar, Saint Mary, Mother of God Parish, Washington, D.C., and assistant director of Priest Vocations; from parochial vicar, Saint Bartholomew Parish, Bethesda, Maryland.
Father Stefan Yap to parochial vicar, Saint Michael the Archangel Parish, Silver Spring, Maryland: from parochial vicar, Saint Martin of Tours Parish, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
NEWLY ORDAINED
Father Marco A. Cerritelli, to parochial vicar, pro-tempore, Shrine of Saint Jude, Rockville, Maryland.
Father D. Gerard Gayou, to parochial vicar, pro-tempore, Saint John Neumann Parish, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Father Louis M. McHale, to parochial vicar, Saint Mary of the Assumption Parish, Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
Father Daniel E. Morrison, to parochial vicar, Church of the Little Flower Parish, Bethesda, Maryland.
Father Chukwuma C. A. Odigwe, to parochial vicar, pro-tempore, Mother Seton Parish, Germantown, Maryland.
OTHER ASSIGNMENTS
Father Thomas Robertson, to priest secretary to the archbishop; from parochial vicar, Little Flower Parish, Bethesda, Maryland.
Father Kevin Fields to full-time Canon Law studies, Catholic University of America; from administrator, Sacred Heart Parish, Bushwood, Maryland, and administrator, Holy Angels Parish, Avenue, Maryland.
Father Lawrence Young to leave of absence; from pastor, Saint Mary of the Mills Parish, Laurel, Maryland.
