Appointments Announced

Diocese of Fall River

OFFICIAL

His Excellency, the Most Reverend Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., Bishop of Fall River, has accepted the request to retire of:

Reverend Robert O. Oliveira as Co-Director of the Permanent Diaconate Program

Effective June 30, 2023

His Excellency, the Most Reverend Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., D.D., Bishop of Fall River, has announced the following appointment:

Deacon Joseph A. McGinley, Co-Director of the Permanent Diaconate Program

Effective July 1, 2023

His Excellency, the Most Reverend Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., Bishop of Fall River, has accepted the nomination of the Very Reverend Stephen Ehiakuruike, S.D.V., Provincial of the Vocationist Fathers, and has made the following appointments:

Reverend Patrick Nwachukwu, S.D.V., Parochial Administrator of Saint Patrick Parish in Wareham

Effective July 1, 2023

Reverend Vernon Kohlmann, S.D.V., Parochial Vicar of Saint Patrick Parish in Wareham

Effective July 12, 2023

His Excellency, the Most Reverend Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., Bishop of Fall River, has made the following appointments:

Reverend Stephen Banjare, ss.cc., Parochial Administrator of Saint Mary Parish in Fairhaven, while remaining Pastor at Saint Joseph Parish in Fairhaven

Effective July 24, 2023

Reverend William M. Rodrigues, Chaplain at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River

Effective July 26, 2023

O Reverendíssimo Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., D.D.

The Bishop of Fall River