Originally published at Southern Cross
SAN DIEGO — The Diocese of San Diego will welcome four new permanent deacons and one new priest in June.
On June 1, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy will ordain four men to the permanent diaconate during a 10 a.m. Mass at Our Lady of Grace Church in El Cajon. They are Mario Diaz, of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Chula Vista; Don Meziere, of St. Mary Parish, Escondido; Victor Villagomez, of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, San Ysidro; and Brian Wong, of St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Imperial.
On June 8, the cardinal will ordain Sean Embury to the priesthood at a 10 a.m. Mass at his home parish, St. Gabriel’s in Poway.
Both ordinations will be livestreamed at sdcatholic.org.
The upcoming ordination to the permanent diaconate will be the first to be held in the diocese since 2022.
Ordination to the permanent diaconate is preceded by a five-year process that includes one-year of aspirancy, a period of serious discernment, and four years of formation. No permanent deacons were ordained last year because of a leadership transition in the diocesan Office for the Permanent Diaconate five years earlier. Sister Carlotta DiLorenzo, who led the office for 20 years, retired in June of
