On June 1 at 11 a.m., Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will have laid his hands on the heads of four men who will promise celibacy, simplicity, obedience and prayer in service of God’s people. In so doing they will be ordained priests for the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens.
The Tablet has put together this special section to introduce readers to the newest priests of the diocese. They are: Father Edwin Alexander Ortiz, Father JohnPaul Kodiri Columbus Obiaeri, Father Michael Francis Falce and Father Pedro Francisco Angucho Lopez.
May their souls burn with the power of the Holy Spirit as they guide their flock to the Promise Land. NET-TV, The Tablet’s sister television station, will air the ordinations live for the benefit of the faithful, which will also be live streamed on www.netny.tv. The ordinations can be viewed on Verizon Fios channel 48, Optimum channel 30, Spectrum channel 97 or free treaming at netny.tv/watchnow (just click on the blue play button.)
Below are brief biographies of the ordinands with details of their roads to the priesthood and plans for their First Masses of thanksgiving. The pieces were written by Tablet reporter Antonina Zielinska.
Father Pedro Francisco Angucho López, 31
Grace and Mom’s Prayers Led Father Angucho to Right Path
Father Michael Francis Falce, 26
Father Falce’s Calling Started Early On
Father JohnPaul Kodiri Columbus Obiaeri, 34
Father Obiaeri’s Winding Road From Nigeria to Brooklyn Priesthood
Father Edwin Alexander Ortiz, 35
For Father Ortiz, Life of Service Continues
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