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Official Priest Appointments: May 4, 2020

Updated: Dec 9, 2024

Ordination of Priests at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in 2019. Photo by Andrew Wright / Denver Catholic.

Here’s a list of all the new priest assignments for the Archdiocese of Denver, including pastor and parochial vicar reassignments, parish administrators and chaplains. These appointments are effective July 1, 2020, unless noted otherwise.


Pastors renewed for an additional six years at the same parish:


St. Pius X, Aurora- Rev. Jorge Aguera


St. Stephen, Glenwood Springs- Very Rev. Bert Chilson


St. Thomas More, Centennial- Rev. Msgr. Tom Fryar


St. Paul, Idaho Springs; St. Mary of the Assumption, Central City; Our Lady of Lourdes, Georgetown-Rev. Tadeusz Kopczynski


Our Lady of Lourdes, Denver- Rev. Brian Larkin


All Saints, Denver- Rev. Msgr. Peter Quang


St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Ft. Collins- Rev. Joseph Toledo


Our Lady of Grace, Denver- Rev. Felix Zermeno-Martin


Guardian Angels, Denver- Rev. Dan Zimmerschied


Newly Appointed Pastors:

Immaculate Conception, Lafayette- Rev. Shaun Galvin


St. Bernadette, Lakewood- Rev. Joseph McLagan


St. Francis de Sales, Denver- Rev. James Thermos


St. Mark, Westminster- Rev. James Baird


St. Martin de Porres, Boulder; Sacred Heart of Mary, Boulder- Rev. Jonathan Dellinger


Holy Rosary, Denver- Rev. Frank Garcia


Parish Administrators:


Guardian Angels, Mead- Rev. Michael Freihofer (1 year)


St. Rose of Lima, Denver- Rev. Martín Frias (6 years)


Chaplains:


Holy Family High School- Rev. Joseph Grady


Bishop Machebeuf High School- Rev. Julio Amezcua


Augustine Institute- Rev. James Claver (effective August 1)


Fellowship of Catholic University Students- Rev. Doug Grandon (effective April 1)


Parochial Vicars:


Our Lady of Loreto, Foxfield- Rev. José Anibal Chicas


St. Augustine, Brighton- Rev. Matthew Hartley


St. John XXIII, Ft. Collins- Rev. Mason Fraley


St. Mary, Breckenridge; Our Lady of Peace, Silverthorne- Rev. Boguslaw Rebacz


Queen of Peace, Aurora- Rev. Mateusz Ratajczak


St. Cajetan, Denver- Rev. Israel Perez


St. Elizabeth Anne Seton, Ft. Collins- Rev. Michael Philen


Immaculate Heart of Mary, Northglenn- Rev. Andrew Kemberling


Sacred Heart of Jesus, Boulder- Rev. Tomislav Tomic


Light of the World, Littleton- Rev. Isidore Orjikwe


Holy Trinity, Westminster- Rev. David Gomez Limon


Holy Name, Steamboat; St. Martin of Tours, Oak Creek- Rev. Miguel Soubrier


Our Lady of Fatima, Lakewood-Rev. Edison Chinnappan


St. Martin de Porres, Boulder; Sacred Heart of Mary, Boulder- Rev. Emmanuel Osigwe


Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Denver- Rev. Michael Rapp


St. Therese, Aurora- Rev. Xavier Espinoza


Featured image by Andrew Wright

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