CHARLOTTE — Bishop Michael Martin, OFM Conv., announces the appointment of Father Brandon Jones as parochial administrator of St. Margaret Mary Parish in Swannanoa, effective Jan. 2, 2025.
Father Jones succeeds Father Peter Ireorji, MSP, who has received an assignment outside the Diocese of Charlotte from his religious order, the Missionary Society of St. Paul of Nigeria.
Since 2020, Father Jones has served as parochial vicar at St. Ann Parish in Charlotte.
He previously served at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte, St. Mark Parish in Huntersville, St. Joseph Parish in Asheboro and Holy Redeemer Parish in Andrews.
A native North Carolinian and Catholic convert, he was ordained for the Diocese of Charlotte by Bishop Peter Jugis in 2008.
He holds licentiate degrees from The Catholic University of America and the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., and he has an identical twin who is an Anglican bishop.
— Catholic News Herald