Diaconate Ordination | Nov 18, 2023

We are pleased to announce that 12 men will be ordained to the Permanent Diaconate in our diocese this year! Bishop William T. McGrattan will preside at the Mass of Ordination on Saturday, November 18, at 11 am at St. Mary's Cathedral. All are welcome!

The candidates to be ordained:
  • John Arbeau, Ascension Parish, Calgary 
  • Bruce Alan Barnett, St. Martha’s Parish, Lethbridge
  • Ferdinand Gayos, St. Albert the Great, Calgary
  • Randy Victor Gritter, St. Michael’s Parish, Calgary
  • Thomas Hing Cheung Ha, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Calgary
  • Brian Kinahan, St. Augustine’s, Taber
  • Timothy Peter Lilienthal, All Saints Parish, Lethbridge
  • James Arnold Manzara, All Saints Parish, Lethbridge
  • Carlos Perez, St. Thomas More, Calgary
  • Ricardo Rosero, Mary, Mother of the Redeemer, Calgary
  • Andrew Ross, St. Joseph, Calgary
  • Reynaldo Tadifa, St. Albert the Great, Calgary
You can learn more about the candidates in Faithfully, "Sacred Service." Please keep these men and their families in your prayers. ​