Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina
CHICAGO, IL — Deacon Gabriel Sumerel, O.S.B., a former parishioner of St. Matthew Church in Charlotte, was ordained March 24 to the transitional diaconate by Reverend Joseph N. Perry, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Benedictine Deacon Gabriel, son of Keith and Lori Sumerel, serves at the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Chicago. He will be ordained to the priesthood next summer.
