Society of St. Damien De Veuster
"The Apostle of the Lepers"
An approved Tax-Exempt IRC Section 501c3, Section 170 Non-Profit Entity by the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America
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SOCIETY CLERGY & ASSOCIATES
We welcome the SSD Clergy & Associate Clergy of the Society of St. Damien De Veuster
Abp. M.J. Kimo Keawe, SSD, STM, D.D., M.Th - Presiding Archbishop (MI)
Ordained deacon by Bp. Finn in 1976 in Chula Vista, CA.
Ordained priest by Finn and Dr. Tarbox on April 28, 1977 in Chula Vista, CA.
Consecrated Bishop by Bp. Bowman, Bp. Leigh & Bp. Reeeves on Novemebr 18, 2001 in Orlando, FL.
Episcopal Protector, Founder & Presiding Bishop: Society of St. Damien De Vuester (2020)
Founder, All~Saints Old Catholic Commission (2021)
Founder, emeritus presiding bishop, United Reform Catholic Church International (2001)
Emeritus president, John XXIII School of Theology (Arizona - 2003)
Bp. David B.G. Flaherty - (MD) / Associate Bishop of the Society
Ordained a Deacon by Bp. Robert Bowman on 18 Novemebr 2001 in Orladno, FL
Ordained a priest by Abp Kimo Keawe on September 14, 2002. Baltimore, MD
Consecrated a bishop by Abp. Kimo Keawe on February 4, 2012, Baltimore, MD.
Bishop and Pastor of Saint Sebastian Catholic Community - URCCI (2002 / 2012)
Director, Saint Sebastian Institute for Catholic Heritage & Culture (2012)
Interim pastor, Messiah United Church of Christ (2016)
SSD Bishop Advisory Council - 2020 to present
Bp. Ernest Silva, Jr., SSD (HI)
Ordained: Old Catholic priest on 30 October 2011 / I-ECCC {Bp. J Isbell, OFC} (HI)
Appointed Bishop-Elect: August 2020 / I-ECCC {Bp. J Isbell, OFC} (HI)
Ministry: Pastoral Dignity-Honolulu and Pastoral Outreach
SSD Incardinated: 31 July 2021
Consecrated SSD Bishop by Abp. M. J. Kimo Keawe on 31 October 2021 in Honolulu, HI
Fr. (Dr.) John Meulendyk, OFC. M.D. - (MI) / SSD Spiritual Advisor & Associate
Southeast Michigan Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (2005)
United Reform Catholic Church International - URCCI (2007)
Order of the Franciscans of the Holy Cross - OFC (2016)
Episcopal Diocese of Michigan - Clergy-on-staff, St. Philip Episcopal Church (2019)
Fr. Pedro Lemasa, OSB - (HI)
United Reform Catholic Church International - URCCI (2002)
Order of Saint Benedict - OSB (2006)
Ordained Deacon on 17 November 2018 @ St. Pau's Episcopal Catherdral, Los Angeles, CA
Ordained Presbyter on 20 June 2019 @ Spirit in the Desert Lutheran Center, Carefree, AZ
Vicar-Pastor, Blessed Damien of Moloka'i Old Catholic Church Outreach (2018 - present)
Fr. Julio Martin Giraldo Henao, SSD (Spanish/English) - (Bogotá, Colombia)
Ordained a Roman Catholic Priest, by His Excellency Sefior Belarmino Correa Yepes, on
19 May 2001 as a member of the Institute of Foreign Missions of Yarumal in Medillin, Columbia.
Incardinated into the Society of St. Damien De Veuster on 30 May 2023
Serving the Society of St. Damien De Veuster International Outreach in Bogotá, Colombia
Fr. Michael Frank Opalacz, SSD (HI) **In Memoriam: 27 December 2023**
Ordained: Old Catholic priest on 12 May 2013 / I-ECCC {Bp. J Isbell, OFC} (HI)
SSD Incardinated on7 August 2021
Ministry: Asociate pastor, Dignity-Honolulu and Pastoral Outreach
Fr. (Dr.) Przemyslaw "Sam" Fratczak, SSD, USACC, Ph.D. - (MI)
Ordained Deacon on 18 June 2021 @ St. Philip, Rochester, MI
Ordained Presbyter on 18 December 2022 @ St. Philip, Rochester, MI
Clergy Assistant to Abp. M. J. Kimo Keawe, Diocese of Metro Detroit
Commissioned: Chaplain, 1st Lieutenant, United States Army Chaplian Corps - March 2024
Ms. Carolyn M. George, SSD. - (MI)
Senior Eucharistic Lay Minister, Society of St. Damien De Veuster, Michigan (2023)
Commissioned on 28 April 2023
International & Domestic Outreach Ministry, Society of St. Damien De Veuster