Father Justin Ordoveza
Read the Angelus News article about our new LA Priest, Justin Dominic de Luna Ordoveza.
“Halfway through my vocation, I got sick… being on my hospital thinking where is God calling me? And then I still had a strong pull to the priesthood…when everything resolved itself, that was my prayer “whatever your will be done.”
-Father Justin Ordoveza
Age: 35
Hometown: Long Beach
Home parish: Our Lady of Refuge, Long Beach
First parish assignment: St. Raymond, Downey
First Mass: Sunday, June 5, Our Lady of Refuge Church, 10 a.m.
“The priesthood is not about status. It’s about sanctity and service; it’s about holiness and helping other people.”
-Archbishop Gomez, 2022 Ordination Homily