Past Ordinations
Ordinations from 2019-2024
Celebrate the men who said ‘Yes’ to the vocation of priesthood in our diocese.
Class of 2024
Get to know the Priests from the 2024 Ordination
Class of 2024 Photos
View photos from our 2024 Priesthood Ordination, where ten men were ordained at the Cathedral of our Lady of Angels.
Get to know our #LAPriests (2019-2024)
Father Stephen Watson
Age: 33 Hometown: Modesto, CA Home parish: St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Santa Clarita First parish assignment: St. Kateri... READ MORE »
Father Marko Rudela
Age: 30 Hometown: Covina, CA Home parish: Immaculate Conception, Pacoima First parish assignment: St. Clare, Santa ... READ MORE »
Father Miguel Cabrera
Age: 30 Hometown: Oxnard, CA Home parish: St. Mary Magdalen, Camarillo First parish assignment: St. Pancratius, Lak... READ MORE »
Father Joseph Cho
Age: 33 Hometown: Highland, CA Home parish: St. Joseph, Pomona First parish assignment: St. John Vianney, Hacienda ... READ MORE »
Father Eduardo Pruneda
Age: 33 Hometown: Bocas, San Luis Potosí, MX Home parish: St. Mariana de Paredes, Pico Rivera First parish assignm... READ MORE »
Father Anthony Huynh
Age: 29 Hometown: Garden Grove, CA Home parish: Maria Regina, Gardena First parish assignment: St. Mary of the Assu... READ MORE »
Father Alejandro Reynaga
Age: 33 Hometown: Baldwin Park, CA Home parish: St. John the Baptist, Baldwin Park First parish assignment: St. Ant... READ MORE »
Father Eric Mejia
Age: 29 Hometown: Pacoima, CA Home parish: Guardian Angel, Pacoima First parish assignment: Our Lady of the Assumpt... READ MORE »
Father Tommy Green
Age: 29 Hometown: Glendora, CA Home parish: St. Dorothy Parish, Glendora First parish assignment: St. Philomena Par... READ MORE »
Father Lucio Trinidad
Age: 28 Hometown: Atemajac de Brizuela, Jalisco, MX Home parish: St. Philip Neri, Lynwood First parish assignment: ... READ MORE »
Father Emmanuel Sanchez
Age: 27 Hometown: Palmdale, California Home parish: St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church, Santa Clarita First parish assign... READ MORE »
Father Sergio Sandoval Martinez
Age: 45 Hometown: San Pedro Tolentino, Guanajuato, Mexico Home parish: St. Joseph the Worker Church, Winnetka First... READ MORE »
Father Luis Gerardo Peña
Age: 28 Hometown: Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico Home parish: St. Martin of Tours Church, Los Angeles First pa... READ MORE »
Father Cesar Galan, F.S.P.
Age: 50 Hometown: Artesia Home parish: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles First parish assignment: St... READ MORE »
Father Enrique Piceno Jr.
Age: 41 Hometown: El Monte, California Home parish: St. Pius X Church, Santa Fe Springs First parish assignment: St... READ MORE »
Father Rene Haarpaintner
Age: 61 Hometown: Sainte-Croix, Switzerland Home parish: St. Brendan Church, Hancock Park First parish assignment: ... READ MORE »
Father Michael DiPietro
Age: 31 Hometown: Pasadena, California Home parish: St. Philip the Apostle Church, Pasadena First parish assignment... READ MORE »
Father Hieu Nguyen
Age: 39 Hometown: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Home parish: Incarnation Church, Glendale First parish assignment: St. ... READ MORE »
Father Kamil Ziolkowski
Age: 27 Hometown: Jelenia Góra, Poland Home parish: St. Alphonsus, East Los Angeles First parish assignment: St. J... READ MORE »
Father Daniel Vega
Age: 37 Hometown: Covina Home parish: St. Louise de Marillac, Covina First parish assignment: St. Dorothy, Glendora... READ MORE »
Father Ramon Reyes
Age: 30 Hometown: Mid-City, Los Angeles Home parish: St. Thomas the Apostle, Pico-Union First parish assignment: In... READ MORE »
Father Justin Ordoveza
Age: 35 Hometown: Long Beach Home parish: Our Lady of Refuge, Long Beach First parish assignment: St. Raymond, Down... READ MORE »
Father Daniel Lopez
Age: 31 Hometown: Hacienda Heights Home parish: Holy Family, Glendale First parish assignment: St. John Chrysostom,... READ MORE »
Father Juan Manuel Gutiérrez
Age: 35 Hometown: Texcoco, Mexico Home parish: St. Lawrence Martyr, Redondo Beach First parish assignment: St. John... READ MORE »
Father Juan Martinez
Age: 36 Hometown: Colima, Mexico Home parish: St. Finbar, Burbank First parish assignment: St. Mariana de Paredes, ... READ MORE »
Father Guillermo Alonso
Age: 26 Hometown: Boyle Heights, Los Angeles Home parish: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles First pa... READ MORE »
Father Andrew Hedstrom
Age: 33 Hometown: San Bernardino Home parish: Our Lady of Peace, North Hills First parish assignment: Holy Family, ... READ MORE »
Father Sergio Hidalgo
Age: 46 Hometown: Puerto Barrios, Guatemala Home parish: Divine Saviour, Los Angeles First parish assignment: Santa... READ MORE »
Father Francis Kim
Age: 40 Hometown: Cerritos Home parish: St. Raphael Korean Catholic Center, Norwalk First parish assignment: St. Me... READ MORE »
Father Michael Masteller
Age: 30 Hometown: Santa Paula Home parish: St. Sebastian, Santa Paula First parish assignment: St. Helen, South G... READ MORE »
Father Matthew Miguel
Age: 33 Hometown: Moreno Valley Home parish: Holy Family, Glendale First parish assignment: Our Lady of Assumption,... READ MORE »
Father Patrick Ayala
Age: 28 Hometown: Santa Clarita Home parish: Our Lady of Peace, Santa Clarita First parish assignment: Santa Clara,... READ MORE »
Father Cesar Guardado
Age: 28 Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska Home parish: St. Didacus, Sylmar First parish assignment: St. Emydius, Lynwood - READ MORE »
Father Jihoon Kim
Age: 33 Hometown: Seoul, South Korea Home parish: The 103 Saints Korean Catholic Center, Torrance First parish assi... READ MORE »
Father Cortez
Age: 43 Hometown: Puebla, Mexico Home parish: St. Dominic Savio Church, Bellflower First parish assignment: Our Lad... READ MORE »
Father Garcia
Age: 45 Hometown: Los Angeles Home parish: St. Paul Church, Los Angeles Parish assignment: Our Lady of Perpetual He... READ MORE »
Father Reyes
Age: 35 Hometown: Salinas Home parish: St. Mark’s UCSB Newman Center, Goleta Parish assignment: St. Phillip Neri ... READ MORE »
Father Nestico
Age: 31 Hometown: Santa Clarita Home parish: St. Clare of Assisi Church, Canyon Country Parish assignment: St. Char... READ MORE »
Father Park
Age: 58 Hometown: Seoul, South Korea Home parish: St. Joan of Arc Church, West LA First parish assignment: St. John... READ MORE »
Father Oh
Age: 31 Hometown: Cerritos Home parish: St. Gregory Nazianzen, Los Angeles Parish assignment: St. Gertrude Church, ... READ MORE »
Father Ramos
Age: 47 Hometown: San Pedro Home parish: Holy Trinity Church, San Pedro First parish assignment: St. Joseph Church,... READ MORE »
Father Mesa
Age: 31 Hometown: Pomona/Diamond Bar Home parish: St. Denis Church, Diamond Bar First parish assignment: Holy Famil... READ MORE »
Father Luther Diaz
For Luther Diaz, the call to the priesthood came not in the form of “sudden bursts” but a persistent, patient i... READ MORE »
Father Louis Sung
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Father Emmanuel Delfin
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Father José María Ortiz
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Father Miguel Ángel Ruiz
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Father Brian Humphrey
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Class of 2023
Get to know the Priests from the 2023 Ordination
Class of 2022 Photos
View photos from our 2022 Priesthood Ordination, where eight men were ordained at the Cathedral of our Lady of Angels.
Class of 2022
Get to know the Priests from the 2022 Ordination
Priesthood Ordination 2021 Photos
View the gallery of photos from the 2021 Ordination Mass.
Ordinations 2021-2019
Get to know other LA Priests