8 new LA priests ordained, in first local ordination in era of Pope Leo XIV
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles on Saturday, May 31, ordained eight new priests from across California, including a 56-year-old former finance consultant from Diamond Bar and a 40-year-old Vietnam native who once promised God that if his dying mother lived he would become a priest.
The ceremony was the first local ordination in the era of Pope Leo XIV, who was elected to the papacy on May 8, succeeding Pope Francis to become history’s first American pontiff.
“These are men who are in love with Christ and His Church – they come with hearts that desire to bring the Love of Christ to the world and serve with humility as Christ did,” said Rev. Peter Saucedo, the Archdiocese’s director of the Office for Vocations that hosts the ceremony, in a statement ahead of Saturday’s ordination ceremony at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.