Official Priest and Deacon Appointments: November 2025

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Here’s a list of all the new priest and transitional deacon assignments for the Archdiocese of Denver, including pastors, parochial vicars, new deans and presbyteral council representatives.

Pastor Assignments

Father Joseph Onyango Oiye, I.M.C., Parochial Administrator, St. Anthony Parish, Sterling, Sacred Heart Parish, Peetz, and St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Iliff, effective September 27, 2025, ad nutum archiepiscopi.

Parochial Vicar Assignments

Father George M. Dyllan Nguyen, C.R.M., granted Presbyteral Faculties of the Archdiocese of Denver and appointed to Queen of Vietnamese Martyrs Parish, Wheat Ridge, effective September 20, 2025, until his time in ministry here is complete.

Father Victor Rosales-Martinez, C.R., granted Presbyteral Faculties of the Archdiocese of Denver and appointed to Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Denver, effective August 15, 2025, until June 30, 2031.

Father Isidore Orjikwe, St. Frances Cabrini Parish, Littleton, effective November 1, 2025.

Father Michael Thanh Huynh Tran, Our Lady of the Valley Parish, Windsor, and St. Mary Parish, Ault, effective November 1, 2025.

Father Timothy Wysocki, L.C., Sacred Heart of Mary Parish, Boulder, and St. Martin de Porres Parish, Boulder, effective October 1, 2025.

Father Cristobal Reynaldo Gadea Velasquez, Queen of Peace Parish, Aurora, effective November 15, 2025.

Father José de Jesus Murillo-Ferro, L.C., St. Anne Parish, Grand Lake, St. Ignatius Parish, Walden, St. Peter Parish, Kremmling, Our Lady of the Snow Mission Church, Granby, and St. Bernard Mission Church, Fraser, effective November 15, 2025.

Dean Appointments (effective immediately, until June 30, 2028)

Father Scott Bailey, V.F., Dean of the Southeast Deanery

Father David Bluejacket, V.F., Dean of the East Deanery

Father James R. Fox, V.F., Dean of the West Deanery

Father Wojciech Gierasimczyk, V.F., Dean of the Greeley Deanery

Father Felicien Mbala, V.F., Dean of the Eastern Plains Deanery

Father Peter Mussett, V.F., Dean of the Southwest Deanery

Father Rocco Porter, V.F, Dean of the Central East Deanery

Father James S. Spahn, V.F., Dean of the Northeast Deanery

Father Shannon Thurman, V.F., Dean of the Fort Collins Deanery

Father Erik Vigil Reyes, V.F., Dean of the Western Slope Deanery

Presbyteral Council Representative Appointments (effective immediately, until July 31, 2028)

Father Hector Chiapa-Villarreal, Northwest Deanery Presbyteral Council Representative

Father Shaun Galvin, Boulder Deanery Presbyteral Council Representative

Father Kevin Kasel, Newly Ordained Presbyteral Council Representative

Father John Paul Leyba, Southwest Deanery Presbyteral Council Representative

Father Michael Rapp, Central East Deanery Presbyteral Council Representative

Father Stephen Siebert, Eastern Plains Deanery Presbyteral Council Representative

Father Joseph Toledo, Fort Collins Deanery Presbyteral Council Representative

Father Grzegorz Wójcik, Greeley Deanery Presbyteral Council Representative

Other Assignments/Departures

Father William Clemence, Rector, Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary, Denver, effective September 23, 2025, until September 22, 2031.

Father John Therese Creus, C.S.J., assigned residence, Transfiguration Priory of the Congregation of St. John, Denver, effective September 1, 2025, ad nutum archiepiscopi.

Father Jean-Uriel Frey, C.B., granted Presbyteral Faculties of the Archdiocese of Denver, effective immediately, until his time in ministry here is complete, with residence at the Community of the Beatitudes House, Denver.

Father Timothy Hjelstrom resigned as Pastor of St. Anthony Parish, Sterling, Sacred Heart Parish, Peetz, and St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Iliff, and was granted a Leave of Absence effective September 26, 2025, until January 5, 2026.

Father John Paul Klein, O.M.V., departed the Lanteri Center for Ignatian Spirituality, Denver, on August 18, 2025, to the Oblate Community, Milton, Massachusetts, where he will serve at the St. Joseph Retreat House.

Father Jorge Jesus Lopez, granted Presbyteral Faculties of the Archdiocese of Denver, appointed Full-time Professor at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, Denver, effective August 18, 2025, ad nutum archiepiscopi, with residence at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, Denver.

Father Armando Marsal Moyano, D.C.J.M., was granted Presbyteral Faculties of the Archdiocese of Denver, effective immediately, until his time in ministry here has ended, with residence at St. Mary Parish, Littleton.

Father Scott Medlock, granted Presbyteral Faculties of the Archdiocese of Denver, with residence at The Terrace at Green Mountain Condominium Complex, Lakewood, effective August 14, 2025, ad nutum archiepiscopi.

Father Paolo Mori, Itinerancy with the Neocatechumenal Way, effective September 24, 2025, until June 15, 2026.

Father Daniel Viana Pereira, Itinerancy with the Neocatechumenal Way, effective September 21, 2025, until June 15, 2026.

Father Ba Van Do, C.R.M., departed Queen of Vietnamese Martyrs Parish, Wheat Ridge, on September 20, 2025, to the Provincial House of the Congregation of the Mother of the Redeemer, Carthage, Missouri, where he will receive another pastoral assignment.

Father Keith Windsor, O.F.M. Cap., granted Presbyteral Faculties of the Archdiocese of Denver, assigned to Deliverance Ministry, effective immediately, until June 30, 2028, with residence at the San Antonio Friary, Denver.

Father Stephen Abaukaka, granted Presbyteral Faculties of the Archdiocese of Denver and assigned as chaplain for the Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center until his time in ministry here is complete, with residence at St. Therese Parish, Aurora, effective November 1, 2025.

Transitional Deacon Assignments

Deacon Jason Kenneth DiRito, St. Joseph Parish, Denver, effective immediately, ad nutum archiepiscopi.

Deacon John Donart, granted Diaconal Faculties of the Archdiocese of Denver, assigned to Holy Name Parish, Sheridan, effective immediately, ad nutum archiepiscopi.

Deacon Simon Ortiz, granted Diaconal Faculties of the Archdiocese of Denver, assigned to St. Gianna Beretta Molla Parish, Denver, effective immediately, ad nutum archiepiscopi.

Deacon Jeffrey Pooley, granted Diaconal Faculties of the Archdiocese of Denver, assigned to Christ the King Parish, Denver, effective immediately, ad nutum archiepiscopi.