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SOCIETY CLERGY & ASSOCIATES

We welcome the SSD Clergy & Associate Clergy of the Society of St. Damien De Veuster

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Abp. M.J. Kimo Keawe, SSD, STM, D.D., M.Th - Episcopal Protector (MI)
Founder, emeritus presiding bishop, United Reform Catholic Church International (2001)
Emeritus president, John XXIII School of Theology (Arizona - 2003)
Episcopal Protector & Founder, Society of St. Damien De Vuester (2019)
Presiding Bishop & Founder, All~Saints Old Catholic Commission (2020)

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Bp. David B.G. Flaherty - (MD) / Associate Bishop of the Society
Bishop and Pastor of Saint Sebastian Catholic Community - URCCI (2002 / 2012)
Director, Saint Sebastian Institute for Catholic Heritage & Culture (2012)
Interim pastor, Messiah United Church of Christ (2016)
SSD Bishop Advisory Council

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Bp. Ernest Silva, Jr., SSD (HI)
Ordained: Old Catholic priest 30 October 2011 / I-ECCC {Bp. J Isbell, OFC} (HI)
Ministry: Pastoral Dignity-Honolulu and Pastoral Outreach
SSD Incardinated: 31 July 2021 / Discerning appointment as Bishop Elect: 2 August 2021
Consecrated SSD Bishop: 31 October 2021

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Fr. (Dr.) John Meulendyk, OFC - (MI) / SSD Spiritual Advisor & Associate
Southeast Michigan Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (2005)
Order of the Franciscans of the Holy Cross - OFC (2016)
Episcopal Diocese of Michigan (2019)

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Fr. Pedro Lemasa, OSB - (HI)

United Reform Catholic Church International - URCCI (2002)

Order of Saint Benedict -  OSB (2006)

Vicar-Pastor, Blessed Damien of Moloka'i Old Catholic Church (2018)

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Fr. Carlos A. Rivera, SSD (Spanish) - (TX)

After 18 years of Service under Bishop Kimo Keawe, Fr. Carlos has retired from Ministry on July 11, 2022.

The Society wishes him well in his retirement and continuious prayers for his family. An Official  letter of acceptance will be sent to Fr. Carlos is the weeks ahead.

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Fr. Julio Martin Giraldo Henao, SSD (Spanish/English) - (CA)

Ordained a Roman Catholic Priest, by His Excellency Sefior Belarmino Correa Yepes, on

19 May 2001  as a member of the Institute of Foreign Missions of Yarumal in Medillin, Columbia.

Fr. Julio, incardinated into the Society on 30 May 2023

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Fr. Michael Frank Opalacz, SSD (HI)
Ordained: Old Catholic priest 12 May 2013 / I-ECCC {Bp. J Isbell, OFC} (HI)
SSD Incardinated: 7 August 2021
Ministry: Asociate pastor, Dignity-Honolulu and Pastoral Outreach

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Fr. (Dr.) Przemyslaw "Sam" Fratczak, SSD, Ph.D.  - (MI)

Deacon, Society of St. Damien De Veuster, Michigan (2021)

Ordained: June 18, 2021 @ St. Philip, Rochester, MI

Outreach Ministry, All~Saints Old Catholic Commission

Ordination to the Priesthood: December 2022

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Ms. Carolyn M. George, SSD.  - (MI)

Eucharistic Lay Minister, Society of St. Damien De Veuster, Michigan (2023)

Commissioned: April 28, 2023

Outreach Ministry, Society of St. Damien De Veuster 

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Ms. Jeanne Marie Kelly, SSD.  - (MI)

Eucharistic Lay Minister, Society of St. Damien De Veuster, Michigan (2023)

Commissioned: April 30, 2023

The Samaritas Parish of the Society of St. Damien De Veuster - Sr. Altar Guild

Outreach Ministry , Society of St. Damien De Veuster 

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