Bishop Michael Duca makes the following appointments effective at the beginning of the school year 2022:
Fathers Michael Alello and Trey Nelson are appointed as Chaplains to Catholic High School in Baton Rouge. This appointment is in addition to their other assignments: Fr. Alello as pastor of St. Thomas More in Baton Rouge and as Dean of the Baton Rouge Deanery; Fr. Nelson as pastor of St. Jude the Apostle in Baton Rouge and as chair of the Pastoral Planning Task Force. They will assist Br. Ray Hebert, SC, who also serves as Chaplain.
Father Chris Decker is reappointed Chaplain to Catholic Interparochial of Pointe Coupee in New Roads. This appointment is in addition to his other assignments as pastor of St. Mary of False River in New Roads and as Secretary for Communications for the Diocese.
Father Mathew Dunn is appointed Chaplain to St. Joseph Academy in Baton Rouge. This appointment is in addition to his other assignment as parochial vicar of Christ the King at LSU in Baton Rouge.
Father Matthew Dupre is reappointed Chaplain to Ascension Catholic Diocesan Regional School in Donaldsonville. This appoint is in addition to his other assignments as pastor of Ascension of Our Lord and St. Francis of Assisi in Donaldsonville.
Father Paul Gros is reappointed Chaplain to St. Thomas Aquinas Diocesan Regional High School in Hammond. This appointment is in addition to his other assignments as parochial vicar of St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland in Albany, and as director of the Office of Formation for the Permanent Diaconate.
Father Joshua Johnson is reappointed Chaplain to Franciscan High School in Baton Rouge. This appointment is in addition to his other assignments as pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus in Baton Rouge and Diocesan Director of Vocations.
Father Taylor Sanford is reappointed Chaplain to St. Michael the Archangel in Baton Rouge. This appointment is in addition to his other assignment as parochial vicar of Immaculate Conception in Denham Springs.
Congratulations to all these men on their new appointments!
Given at the Chancery of Baton Rouge
05 July 2022, Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time