Thomas O’Hart.įollowing this event, Bishop Bernard Fellay will ordain three priests on Friday, June 29th in Econe, Switzerland. The next day, Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta will confer the Holy Priesthood on six more candidates in Zaitzkofen, Germany – totaling sixteen new priests for the Priestly Society of St. He has been assigned to the Whanganui Priory since 2013.These ordinations mark the continued growth of the Society (towards) preserving the Catholic priesthood and drawing down God’s grace to souls through the sacraments and the Mass. His responsibilities include :īr Vincent Mary Rustila also hails from the Philippines and perfomed his novitiate at St Bernard's Novitiate in Iloilo in the Phillipines. He has been assigned to the Whanganui Priory since 2010. On loan to the Austrailian District from the monastery, he came to New Zealand to assist as chaplain for the Dominican Sisters of Wanganui, and also assists the SSPX priests with their pastoral apostolate.īr Bartholomew Demafeliz hails from the Philippines and perfomed his novitiate at St Bernard's Novitiate in Iloilo in the Phillipines. Originally from Florida, he was ordained as a priest for the monastery in 2011.

Teaching : Chemistry, Introduction to Scholastic Philosophy, and Senior Religion at St Dominic's Collegeįr Elias Campbell, O.S.B. is a Benedictine priest from Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery in the Gila National Wilderness near Silver City, New Mexico, USA.

Chaplain to the Children of Mary, Archconfraternity of St Stephen, and the Bosco Cadets.

Actin Principal of the St Anthony's Primary School & St Dominic's College.

Pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand.

He subsequently earned a Graduate Diploma in Secondard Education in 2019 from Bethlehem Tertiary Institute in Tauranga, New Zealand. Ordained by Bishop Bernard Fellay among the first class of the new Dillwyn, Virgina seminary in July 2017, his first assignment was in New Zealand. After obtaining a Bachelor's of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Kansas in 2004, he worked in industry for several years, then taught History, Chemistry, Biology, Catholic Doctrine, and Music at St Vincent de Paul Academy in Kansas City, Missouri for four years before entering St Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Winona, Minnesota.

Teaching : Latin & Catechism at St Dominic's Collegeįr Ian Andrew Palko was also born in Maryland in the United States, and grew up in Annapolis.

In July 2021 he was sent to join the SSPX priests in New Zealand. Ordained as a priest for the Society of St Pius X in December 2016, he was assigned to the Austrailian District, and stationed in the Sydney suburb of Rockdale, then for a time at the St Philomena's school near Brisbane, QLD. He entered the seminary in Winona, Minnesota, and after finishing his studies in Philosophy was sent to finish his Theological studies at the SSPX Seminary in Goulburn, NSW, Austrailia.

Teaching : Latin at St Dominic's Collegeįr Erik Julian Ladner hails from the town of Dickenson near Houston, Texas in the United States.

Prior of St Anthony's Priory and Pastor of St Anthony's Church.After taking up a post as District Bursar of the Asian District in Singapore, he returned to New Zealand as Prior in January 2018. He has held positions as District Superior of the United States, District Superior of Austrailia, Bursar-General for the SSPX, as well as previoulsy being Prior of St Anthony's in Whanganui from 2005 to 2012.

He was first assigned to Australia, far from his native France. Both Priests and Religious Brothers of the Society of St Pius X make up the religious staff at St Anthony's Priory.įr François Laisney was ordained by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1982.

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