CHARLOTTE — New members have been selected for the Diocese of Charlotte’s Presbyteral Council, a group that advises the bishop in governing the diocese. These members were appointed by Bishop Michael Martin, OFM Conv., to align with the new vicariate structure.
- Monsignor Roger Arnsparger, V.F., pastor and rector, St. Lawrence Basilica, Asheville
- Father Paul Asoh, M.S.P, V.F., pastor, St. Mary Mother of God Parish, Sylva
- Father Christopher Bond, pastor, St. Margaret of Scotland Parish in Maggie Valley (reappointed)
- Father W. Christian Cook, V.F., pastor, St. Pius X Parish, Greensboro (reappointed)
- Father Julio Domiguez, pastor, Joseph Parish, Newton (reappointed)
- Father Christopher Gober, V.F., St. Leo the Great Parish, Winston-Salem (reappointed)
- Father Mark Lawlor, V.F., pastor, St. Therese Parish, Mooresville
- Father David McCanless, Campus Ministry chaplain at Wake Forest University (reappointed)
- Father Paul McNulty, V.F., pastor, St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Gastonia (reappointed)
- Father Adrian Porras, V.F., pastor, St. Barnabas Parish, Arden (reappointed)
- Father John Starczewski,V.F., pastor, St. John Neumann Parish, Charlotte (reappointed)
Bishop Martin serves as president of the Presbyteral Council.
Other members of the Presbyteral Council, including those elected by fellow priests in September, are listed on the diocese’s website, www.charlottediocese.org.
Required by Church law, the Presbyteral Council represents all priests in the diocese and is “like a senate of the bishop” (Code of Canon Law 495 §1), with about half the members elected by priests and others appointed by the bishop.
— Catholic News Herald