CHARLOTTE — Bishop Peter Jugis announces the following priest assignments, effective July 12 unless otherwise noted:
• Newly ordained Father Darren Balkey is assigned as parochial vicar at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Winston-Salem.
• Father Jason Barone, parochial administrator of St. Jude Catholic Church in Sapphire, is assigned as pastor as of July 5 to coincide with St. Jude being elevated from a mission of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Brevard to a parish in the Diocese of Charlotte.
• Father Matthew Bean, parochial vicar at St. Mark Catholic Church, is assigned as parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Hendersonville.
• Father Walner D. Diaz, C.M., as parochial vicar at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Charlotte. Vincentian Father Diaz was ordained June 4 in Philadelphia by his order, the Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission, and he began his ministry at the Charlotte parish on June 20.
• Father Enrique González-Gaytan, who has been on sabbatical, has been assigned as parochial vicar to St. Vincent de Paul Church in Charlotte as of July 12. He is replacing Father Francis Raji, M.S.P., who is being reassigned by his order as of July 31.
• Newly ordained Father Aaron Huber is assigned as parochial vicar at St. Mark Catholic Church in Huntersville.
• Father Baiju Paul Puthussery, OSFS, is assigned to serve at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in High Point, effective upon his arrival (expected fall of 2022).
— Catholic News Herald
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