CHARLOTTE — Bishop Michael T. Martin, OFM Conv., announces that Father Dean Cesa is retiring effective Aug. 12, 2026.
Father Cesa has served as pastor of St. Joan of Arc Parish in Candler since 2013. He also formerly served as pastor of Our Lady of the Mountains in Highlands, St. Barnabas in Arden, and St. John the Baptist in Tryon. Ordained in 1998, he also had assignments at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte and St. Leo the Great in Winston-Salem.
Father Yves Kennedy Ilapi will temporarily serve the parish until a new pastor is named.
— Catholic News Herald