Diocese of Savannah
Priest Directory
The following list includes Diocesan and Religious priests in the Diocese of Savannah.
Please contact the Chancery Office with corrections.
Reverend Jason Adams
Location: St. John the Evangelist, San Jose Mission
City: Valdosta, Lake Park
Campus Ministry Chaplain – Valdosta State University
Priestly Life Committee
Reverend Theodore Agba
Location: St. Teresa of Avila
City: Grovetown
Reverend Jacob Almeter
Location: Our Lady Star of the Sea, St. Marys and St. Francis of Assisi
City: Folkston
Chair, Priestly Life Committee
Reverend Fredy Angel
College of Consultors
Reverend Samuel Aniekwe
Location: St. Mary
City: Americus
Reverend John Stephen Ariko, AJ
Location: Immaculate Conception, St. Mark, Holy Redeemer, St. William
City: Dublin, Eastman, McRae, Sandersville
Reverend David Arnoldt
City: Evans
Retired Army Chaplain
Very Reverend Bob Benko, OFM Conv., VF
Location: Our Lady of Lourdes
City: Columbus
Dean of the Columbus Deanery
Reverend Tomas Agustin Beroch
Location: Sacred Heart
City: Warner Robins
Reverend Godfred Boachie-Yiadom
Location: St. Augustine
City: Thomasville
Most Reverend J. Kevin Boland
City: Savannah
Reverend Brett Brannen
Location: Blessed Sacrament
City: Savannah
Clergy Welfare
Reverend Joey Buencamino
Location: St. Christopher, Holy Cross, Our Lady of Guadalupe
City: Claxton, Pembroke, Sandhill
In Residence at St. Christopher, Claxton
Reverend Victor Canela, ST
Location: St. Joseph the Worker
City: Bainbridge
Reverend Juan Carlos Castillo
Location: St. Joseph
City: Augusta
Reverend Michael Cerrone
State: Texas
Retired Army Chaplain
Reverend Robert Chaney
Location: Resurrection of Our Lord
City: Savannah
Director, Black Catholic Ministry
Clergy Welfare
Reverend Rigoberto Chávez, ST
Location: St. Joseph the Worker
City: Bainbridge
Reverend Douglas Clark, STL
In Residence: St. Matthew, Statesboro
College of Consultors
Reverend Monsignor P James Costigan
Location: St. Peter the Apostle
City: Savannah
In Residence
Reverend John C. Coughlin, OFM
Location: St. Peter Claver
City: Macon
Ministry at Mount de Sales Academy
Reverend Gabriel Cummings
Location: St. Frances Cabrini
City: Savannah
Reverend Robert Cushing
Location: St. Joseph
City: Waycross
Very Reverend Benjamin Dallas, VF
Location: Sacred Heart
City: Vidalia
Dean of the Statesboro Deanery
Reverend Noel Danielewicz, OFM Conv.
Location: St. Benedict the Moor
City: Columbus
In residence at St. Anne
Reverend Matthew Ericksen
Location: St. Joseph/Candler
City: Savannah
Reverend Rafael Estrada
Location: Good Shepherd
City: Baxley/Hazlehurst
Reverend Romanus Ezeugwu, MSP
Location: St. Benedict the Moor
City: Savannah
Reverend Eric Filmer
Location: St. Patrick
City: Kathleen
Clergy Welfare
Very Reverend Daniel F. Firmin, JCL
Location: Pastoral Center, St. James the Less
City: Savannah
Diocesan Judge
College of Consultors
Reverend Luis Fonseca
Location: Our Lady of Lourdes
City: Port Wentworth
Reverend Mariusz Fuks
Location: Most Holy Trinity,
City: Augusta
Reverend Ronald Gatman, O.S.B.
Location: Benedictine Priory
City: Savannah
Reverend George Gonzalez
City: Columbus
Reverend Alfonso Gutierrez
Location: Immaculate Conception
City: Moultrie
Reverend Richard Hart
City: Augusta
Reverend Chris Hassel
Location: St. Francis Xavier
City: Brunswick
Campus Ministry Chaplain – College of Coastal Georgia
Priestly Life Committee
Reverend Thomas Healy
City: Augusta
Promoter of Justice
Reverend John Paul Heiser, O.S.B.
Location: Benedictine Priory
City: Savannah
Reverend Francis Higgins
City: Savannah
Reverend James Holloway
City: St. Simons Island
Reverend Walter Ingram
Location: St. Teresa of Avila
City: Grovetown
Reverend Gordian Iwuji, MSP
Location: Holy Trinity
City: Swainsboro
Reverend John Johnson
Location: St. Matthew
City: Statesboro
Campus Ministry Chaplain – Georgia Southern University
Reverend Solomon Kaanan
Location: St. Anne
City: Richmond Hill
Reverend Adam Kasela
Location: St. Stephen
City: Hinesville
Reverend Michael Kavanaugh
Location: St. Peter the Apostle
City: Savannah
Director of Ecumenism
Reverend Monsignor John A. Kenneally
Location: St. William
City: St. Simons Island
College of Consultors
Reverend Donal Keohane
State: California
Reverend Mike Kerin, GHM
Location: Holy Family, St. Luke
City: Blakely, Cuthbert
Reverend David Klecker, O.S.B.
Location: Benedictine Priory
City: Savannah
Reverend Vernon Knight
Location: St. Mary on the Hill
City: Augusta
Campus Ministry Chaplain – Augusta State University
Priestly Life Committee
Reverend David Koetter
Location: Holy Spirit
City: Macon
Reverend Xavier Kumbalaparampil
Location: India
Reverend Dawid Kwiatkowski
Location: Diocese of Kielce, Poland
Reverend Brian La Burt
Location: St. John the Evangelist
City: Valdosta
Reverend Weston Lamb
City: Springfield
Reverend Peter Lanshima
Location: St. James the Less
City: Savannah
Reverend Andrew Larkin
Location: Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist
City: Savannah
Reverend William Leahy
City: Folkston
Reverend Sooho Lee
Location: St. Joseph
City: Augusta
Korean Community
Very Reverend Raymond Levreault, VF
Location: St. Teresa
City: Albany
Dean of the Albany Deanery
Associate State Chaplain, Knights of Columbus
Reverend Michael Lubinsky
Reverend Louis Lussier, O.S. Cam.
Location: Our Lady of the Assumption
City: Sylvania
Reverend John Lyons
Location: Sacred Heart
City: Savannah
Clergy Welfare
Reverend John R. Madden
Location: Christ the King
City: Pine Mountain
Reverend Nicholas Mansell
City: Warner Robins
Reverend John Markham
City: Augusta
VA Hospital Chaplain
Reverend Patrick May
Location: St. James the Less
City: Savannah
Campus Ministry Chaplain – Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus
Reverend Jeremiah McCarthy, JCL
City: Savannah
Defender of the Bond
College of Consultors
Reverend Allan McDonald
Location: St. Anne
City: Richmond Hill
College of Consultors
Reverend William J. McIntyre, OFM
Location: St. Peter Claver
City: Macon
Very Reverend Timothy McKeown, VF
Location: St. Francis Xavier
City: Brunswick
Dean of Valdosta/ Brunswick Deanery
College of Consultors
Reverend Gonzalo E. Meza
Location: St. Teresa of Avila
City: Grovetown
Reverend Pablo Migone
Location: Pastoral Center
City: Savannah
Campus Ministry Chaplain – Savannah College of Art and Design
College of Consultors
Reverend Richard Minch
City: Rincon
Retired Army Chaplain
Reverend Thomas Murphy
Location: Our Lady of Lourdes
City: Port Wentworth
Corpus Christi - Pooler
Reverend Tom Nellis
City: Statesboro
Reverend Kim Son Nguyen
Location: Sts. Peter and Paul
City: Savannah
Reverend Martino Nguyen
Location: St. Boniface
City: Springfield
Reverend Peter Hung Nguyen
Location: Saint William Church
City: Saint Simons Island
Reverend Monsignor Fred Nijem
Reverend Patrick O'Brien
City: Savannah
Reverend Daniel O'Connell
Location: Holy Family
City: Columbus
Reverend Paul O'Connell
Location: St. Paul
City: Douglas
Reverend Kevin O'Keefe
Location: St. Anthony of Padua
City: Ray City
College of Consultors
Reverend Paulinus Chikelue Okpala
Location: St. Theresa
City: Cordele
Reverend Keith O'Neill, OFM Conv.
Location: St. Joseph
City: Jesup
Prison Ministry
Reverend Monsignor William Oliver O'Neill
Location: Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist
City: Savannah
In Residence
Reverend Christopher Ortega
Location: St. Teresa
City: Albany
Chaplain – Youth, Young Adult and Campus Ministry
Campus Ministry Chaplain – Albany State University
Reverend Thomas Brian O'Shaughnessy
Location:
Aquinas High School
In-Residence: Most Holy Trinity, Augusta
Reverend Patrick Otor, MSP
Location: Sacred Heart
City: Waynesboro
College of Consultors
Reverend Peter Oyenugba, MSP
Location: Our Divine Saviour
City: Tifton
Reverend Ronald Pachence
Location: University of San Diego
City: San Diego, CA
Reverend Paul Pantiru, OFM Conv.
Location: St. Anne
City: Columbus
Reverend Frank Patterson
City: Columbus
Reverend Francois Pellissier, GHM
City: Fitzgerald
Reverend Thomas Peyton
Location: Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist
City: Savannah
In Residence
Reverend Carlos Eduardo Pinzon
Location:
St. Juliana, St. Michael
City:
Fort Valley, Montezuma
Reverend Stephen Pontzer
Location: Sacred Heart
City: Warner Robins
Clergy Welfare
Reverend John Quang
City: Ann Arbor, MI
Retired Navy Chaplain
Reverend Gerald Ragan
Location: St. Michael
City: Tybee Island
Very Reverend Mark Ross, VF
Location: St. Mary on the Hill
City: Augusta
Dean of the Augusta Deanery
Reverend Michael Roverse
Location: St. Teresa of Avila
City: Grovetown
Reverend Rodolfo Roxas
Location: St. Joseph Hospital
City: Savannah
Reverend Robert Schlageter, OFM Conv.
Location: Franciscan Martyrs Friary, St. Anne
City: Columbus
Reverend Monsignor Christopher Schreck, SSL, STD, PhD
Location: Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
City: Savannah, GA
In Residence
Very Reverend J. Gerard Schreck, JCD, JV, VF
Location: Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist
City: Savannah
Judicial Vicar
Diocesan Judge
Dean of the Savannah Deanery
College of Consultors
Reverend Jude Shayo, AJ
Location: Immaculate Conception, St. Mark, Holy Redeemer, St. William
City: Dublin, Eastman, McRae, Sandersville
Reverend Joseph Smith
Location: St.Joseph/Candler
City: Savannah
Reverend Finbarr Stanton
Location: Holy Family
City: Columbus
In Residence
Reverend Vicente Terrazas
Location: St. Christopher, Holy Cross, Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Jude
City: Claxton. Pembroke, Sandhill, Glennvillle
In Residence at St. Jude, Glennville
Reverend John Reynolds Ha Tran
Location: Blessed Sacrament
City: Savannah
Reverend Mark Van Alstine
Location: St. Joseph
City: Augusta
Reverend Emanuel Vasconcelos, OFM Conv.
Location: St. Anne
City: Columbus
Campus Ministry Chaplain – Columbus State University
Very Reverend Scott Winchel, VF
Location: St. Joseph
City: Macon
Dean of the Macon Deanery
Reverend John Wright
Location: St. Joseph
City: Macon
Campus Ministry Chaplain – Mercer University
Reverend Richard Young
City: Savannah
Reverend Jean-Luc Zadroga, O.S.B.
Location: Benedictine Priory
City: Savannah
