CHARLOTTE —The following priest assignments have recently been announced by parishes:
- Father Roger Arnsparger will serve as pastor of St. Lawrence Basilica in Asheville, succeeding Father Wilbur Thomas, who is retiring from active ministry. He has served as pastor of St. John the Baptist Church in Tryon for the past four years.
- Father Peter Ascik will serve as parochial vicar at St. Matthew Church in Charlotte, after having completed studies in Rome.
- Father Paul Asoh of the Missionary Society of St. Paul is moving from his native Nigeria to St. Therese Church in Mooresville to serve as parochial vicar.
- Father Christopher Bond, who was ordained a year ago, will become the new parochial vicar at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte. He has served at St. Matthew Church in Charlotte.
- Father Matthew Buettner, pastor of St. Michael Church in Gastonia, will leave to serve as full-time spiritual director with the rapidly-growing St. Joseph College Seminary in Charlotte.
- Father Jose Camilo Cardenas-Bonilla will become pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Taylorsville. He had served as priest in residence at St. Francis of Assisi in Jefferson and as Hispanic Ministry vicariate coordinator/minister for the Boone vicariate.
- Father Jason Christian will serve as pastor of St. John the Baptist Church in Tryon, succeeding Father Arnsparger. He has served as the academic dean of St. Joseph College Seminary in Charlotte and parochial vicar of St. Michael Church in Gastonia. He will continue his work as a professor and as academic dean at the college seminary
- Father Carl Del Giudice is retiring from active ministry. He has most recently served as pastor of Our Lady of Consolation Church in Charlotte.
- Oblates of St. Francis de Sales Father Peter Leonard will serve as pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in High Point, succeeding Oblates of St. Francis de Sales Father Thomas P. Norris, who had been serving as acting pastor.
- Father Casmir Maduakor will serve at Our Lady of the Mountains Mission in Highlands and St. Jude Mission in Sapphire, succeeding Father Francis X. Arockiasamy, who has served as parochial administrator. The Nigerian-born priest has most recently served as parochial vicar at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in High Point.
- Father David McCanless will serve as parochial vicar at St. Lawrence Basilica in Asheville, succeeding Father Morris Boyd, who is retiring from active ministry. He has served at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte.
- Father Paul McNulty will become the full-time chaplain at Christ the King High School in Huntersville while remaining in residence at St. Therese Church in Mooresville, where he had served as parochial vicar.
- Father Lucas Rossi will serve as pastor of St. Michael Church in Gastonia. He has served as parochial vicar at Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury.
- Father Basile Sede will serve as pastor of at Our Lady of Consolation Church in Charlotte. He has served at St. Benedict the Moor Church in Winston-Salem.
- Father Richard Sutter will serve as parochial administrator of St. John the Evangelist Church in Waynesville and Immaculate Conception Mission in Canton. He has served at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte.
- Father Charles Strollo will be leaving as St. Mary Church in Greensboro's pastor to minister seminarians at the Vincentian theology formation house in Philadelphia. He will be replaced by Vincentian priest Father Bill Allegretto, effective Sept. 1.
- Father Henry Tutuwan will be serving at St. Benedict the Moor in Winston-Salem. He had served as parochial vicar at St. Therese Church in Mooresville.
As more unofficial assignments are announced, they will be published here and on the Catholic News Herald's Facebook page.
— Catholic News Herald