GALLERY: Four new priests ordained for Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains

12 December 2018
Newly-ordained Fr Galbert Albino, Fr Jack Green, Fr Chris del Rosario and Fr Jessie Balorio. Image: Alphonsus Fok/Diocese of Parramatta

 

Bishop Vincent Long ordains to the Priesthood Galbert Albino, Jessie Balorio, Chris del Rosario and Jack Green.

Over 1,400 people witnessed the ordination of four new priests at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta on Friday, 30 November 2018.

Deacons Galbert Albino, Jessie Balorio, Chris del Rosario and Jack Green were ordained to the priesthood on the feast of St Andrew in a historic event for the Catholic Church in Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains. The ordinations were the first time four deacons have been ordained to the priesthood since the establishment of the diocese in 1986.

READ: Four new priests ordained for Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains

WATCH: The ordination ceremony here

RELATED: Bishop Vincent’s homily from the ordination

RELATED: Fr Chris del Rosario’s Note of Gratitude

VIEW: images from the ordination below or click here

Mass of Ordination for Galbert Albino, Jessie Balorio, Chris del Rosario and Jack Green

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