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Fr Abraham Chukwu
Fr Mate Litric
Ordained 23 October 2015, in Bunbury.
Fr Chukwu was born in Nigeria, worked 4 years as a teacher, studied
in Rome, and served as a missionary in the Philippines before joining St Charles’ Seminary in Perth in 2014. His brother Deacon Jude Chukwu OSB assisted at his priestly ordina- tion. He is now an assistant priest at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Bunbury.
Ordained 31 Octo- ber 2015, in Sydney.
Fr Litric hails origi- nally from Croatia. The genesis of his vocation was in a
youth gaterthing in Amsterdam, or- ganised by the Neo-Catechumenal Way. He joined Sydney’s Redemptoris Mater Missionary Seminary in 2006, at the age of thirty-three. He is now assistant priest at Our Lady of Fatima parish, Caringbah.
Fr Novelito Lim
Ordained 23 Octo- ber 2015, in Cebu.
Fr Lim was born and raised in the Philippines, where he commenced his
seminary studies. In 2010 he com- mitted to several years mission in the Sandhurst diocese, and transferred to Melbourne’s Corpus Christi College. He will return to Australia in the new year to take up a parish assignment in Sandhurst.
Ordained 31 Octo- ber 2015, in Sydney.
Fr Irudayadoss was born in India and quali ed as an elec- trician before join-
ing the Neo-Catechumenal Way. He commenced his priestly formation at Sydney’s Redemptoris Mater Mission- ary Seminary in 2006. Archbishop Fisher has appointed him assistant priest to the parishes in Sydney Har- bour North.
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Fr Anthony Onyirioha
Ordained 4 Decem- ber 2015, in Hobart.
Fr Onyirioha be- gan his journey to the priesthood at the age of 12 when
he entered the minor seminary in Nigeria. His mother was unable to be in Hobart for the ordination, but Fr Onyirioha has since returned to Nige- ria to offer a Thanksgiving Mass and present her with his maniturgium. He is assigned to Kingston Beach parish.
Fr Daney Irudayadoss
fr Tony Oboshi
Ordained 5 De- cember, in Wagga.
Fr Oboshi recalls the rst stirrings of a priestly vocation as a young child,
attending his uncle’s vocation. He joined a seminary in Nigeria, worked in logistics, and obtained an MBA in Thailand before joining Wagga’s Vi- anney College in 2012. Bishop Hanna has appointed him assistant priest at St Joseph’s, Leeton.
Fr Junray Rayna
Ordained 23 Octo- ber 2015, in Cebu.
Fr Rayna is Filipino born and bred. He has studied in Aus- tralia and is on loan
to the Sandhurst diocese for several years. He joined Melbourne’s Cor- pus Christi College in 2011, where he completed his studies earlier this year. He will return to Australia in 2016 to take up a parish assignment in the Sandhurst diocese.
Fr Josh Miechels
Ordained 31 October 2015, in Sydney.
Fr Miechels was heavily involved in chaplaincy and apostolate during his university years, during which he joined the Emma- nuel Community. He enrolled at Sydney’s Seminary of the Good Shepherd in 2009. Archbishop Fisher has appointed him assistant priest at Regina Coeli parish, Beverly Hills.
Fr Kenneth Hagan
Ordained 28 November, in Waitara.
Fr Hagan was ordained to the priest-
hood by the Most Rev Bishop Peter Comensoli, Bishop of Broken Bay, on behalf of Msgr Harry Entwistle, who is Ordi- nary of the Personal Ordinari- ate of Our Lady of the South- ern Cross. His wife Margaret presented the vestments to the priests who vested their newly ordained brother in the presby- terate. Fr Hagan will minister to the Ordinariate community in the Diocese of Broken Bay.
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Fr Gustavo Criollo
Ordained 31 Octo- ber 2015, in Sydney.
Fr Criollo hails from Ecuador, and grew up in a fam- ily immersed in the
Neo-Catechumenal Way. He was work- ing as an electronics technician when he discerned his priestly vocation, and joined Sydney’s Redemp-t o r i s Mater Missionary Seminary in 2006. He is now assistant priest at Holy Fam- ily parish, Maroubra.