Deacon to Be Ordained a Priest

His Excellency, Bishop Herbert Bevard, will ordain Deacon Eduardo Ortiz to the priesthood at Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral on St. Thomas on July 30. His Excellency, Bishop Francisco Gonzalez, ordained the seminarian to the transitional diaconate at St. Michael Church in Brandywine, Maryland, on April 30. Deaon Ortiz will serve in the Virgin Islands on summer assignment beginning May 20.

Pictured above, Bishop Gonzalez ordained Deacon Ortiz. Pictured left, Deacon Ortiz served Mass with Bishop Gonzalez and Msgr. Jerome Feudjio, the diocesan director of clergy and religious.