Diocese of Baker
Diocesan Clergy Ordination Anniversaries

We are most grateful for the years of service of all our priests.  Please keep them in your prayers.

January Anniversaries:

Rev. Jose Thomas Mudakodiyil, Holy Redeemer Church, La Pine

January 28, 2002

 

February Anniversaries:

Rev. Thomas Scanlan, Retired, Bend, OR February 02, 1957
 

March Anniversaries:

Rev. Jude Onogbosele, J.C.L. | St. Edward the Martyr, Sisters March 22, 2003
   

April Anniversaries:

Most Rev. Bishop Emeritus Thomas Connolly, ordained to Priesthood on April 08, 1947
Rev. Albert Lakra, St. Helen Church, Pilot Rock April 20, 1987
 

May Anniversaries:

Rev. Alfred Fisher, Retired, Anchorage, AK May 26, 1956
Rev. Charles Dreisbach, Retired, Klamath Falls May 23, 1959
Most Rev. William S. Skylstad, ordained to Priesthood on May 21, 1960
Rev. Raymond Hopp, Retired, Lakeview May 01, 1965
Most Rev. William S. Skylstad, ordained as Bishop on May 12, 1977
Rev. Mike Fitzpatrick, St. Andrew Mission, Pendleton and Sacred Heart Church, Athena May 14, 1977
Rev. Louis H. Albrecht, Our Lady of the Valley Church, La Grande May 14, 1986
Rev. Bernard John D'sa, St. Francis of Assisi, Bend May 01, 1994
Very Rev. Joseph Reinig, Bend May 21, 1998
Rev. Bailey Clemens, St. Mary Church, Pendleton May 23, 1998
Rev. Andrew Colvin, Silverdale, WA

May 31, 2002

Rev. Andrew Szymakowski May 22, 2004
Rev. Daniel Maxwell, Our Lady of Angels, Hermiston May 22, 2009
 

June Anniversaries:

Rev. Austin Cribbin, Retired, Klamath Falls June 03, 1956
Very Rev. Gerald Condon, St. Patrick Church, Heppner June 12, 1955
Rev. Leo Weckerle, Retired, Terrebonne June 10, 1958
Rev. Noel Hickie, Retired, Eugene June 11, 1967
Rev. Cornelius Kiely, Ecuador June 11, 1967
Very Rev. Stan Strzyz, Holy Family Church, Burns June 09, 1968
Most Rev. Bishop Emeritus Thomas Connolly, consecrated Bishop of Baker June 30, 1971
Rev. Joseph Reeves, Retired, Redmond June 16, 1972
Very Rev. Richard Fischer, St. Pius X Church, Klamath Falls June 15, 1976
Rev. Julian Cassar, St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, Baker City June 19, 1977
Rev. Todd Unger, St. Thomas Church, Redmond June 29, 1982
Rev. Robert Greiner, St. Joseph Church, Prineville June 24, 1993
Rev. John Jasper, San Jose, CA June 23, 2000
Rev. Charles Nnabuife, St. Peter Church, The Dalles June 03, 2005
Rev. Luis Flores-Alva, St. Patrick Church, Madras June 17, 2006
Rev. Arsenius Anachoreta, Annunciation Hermitage, La Pine June 17, 2006
 

July Anniversaries:

Rev. Dennis Homes, Retired, Great Falls, MT July 01, 1972
Rev. Camillus Fernando, St. Patrick Church, Vale July 12, 1980
Rev. Anthony Mbaegbu, St. Patrick Church, Lakeview July 18, 1992
Rev. Christopher Agoha, Our Lady of the Valley Church, La Grande July 13, 1996
Rev. Caroli Shao, A.J., Our Lady of Angels Church, Hermiston July 17, 1999
Rev. Peter Umekwe, St. John Church, Condon July 14, 2001
Rev. Gabriel Ezeh, Our Lady of the Valley Church, La Grande July 23, 2005
Rev. Jude Nwachukwu, Blessed Sacrament Church, Ontario July 23, 2005
Rev. Francis Obijekwu, St. Katherine Church, Enterprise July 22, 2006
   

August Anniversaries:

Very Rev. Ronald Maag, St. Mary Church, Hood River August 14, 1978
Rev. Fabian Nwokorie, St. Alphonsus Church, Dufur August 11, 1990
Rev. Innocent Diala, St. Mary Church, Chiloquin August 10, 1991
Rev. Francis Akano, St. Augustine Church, Merrill August 21, 1999
Rev. Theodore Nnabugo, Sacred Heart Church, Klamath Falls August 19, 2000
Rev. Saul Alba-Infante, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Bend August 21, 2002
   

September Anniversaries:

 

Rev. Joseph Levine, St. Bernard Church, Jordan Valley

September 14, 2010

 

October Anniversaries:

Rev. James Radloff, St. Francis of Assisi, Bend

October 28, 1993

   

November Anniversaries:

Rev. Rogatian Urassa, Sacred Heart Church, Klamath Falls

November 20, 1983

 

December Anniversaries:

Rev. Dennis Strachota, Bend December 23, 1967
Rev. Eduardo Nebelung, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Boardman December 21, 1984
Rev. Rob Irwin December 08, 1995
 


Prayer for Priests:

O My Jesus, I beg You on behalf of the whole Church;
Grant it love and the light of Your Spirit,
And give power to the words of priests
So that hardened hearts might be brought to repentance
And return to You, O Lord.
Lord, give us holy priests;
You yourself maintain them in holiness.
O Divine and Great High Priest,
May the power of Your mercy
Accompany them everywhere
And protect them from the devil's traps and snares
Which are continually being set for the souls of priests.
May the power of Your mercy, O Lord,
Shatter and bring to naught all that might tarnish the
Sanctity of priests, for You can do all things.

                                                 St. Faustina Diary, 1052

 
 

 

 

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Bend, OR  97708-5999
(541) 388-4004


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