New LA priests 2025: Jorge Moncada
Jorge Moncada’s family weren’t exactly practicing Catholics. Born and raised in Mexico City, Moncada grew up attending church three times a year: Christmas, Easter, and Ash Wednesday.
But that didn’t stop him from taking his father’s dress shirts as a kid and pretending to use them as a priest’s chasuble. Or from cutting his grandmother’s flowers — much to her dismay — and going around pretending to bless people.
Looking back, Moncada can see that God was calling him from this early age, despite his lack of exposure to the Church.