The Most Reverend Michael Brehl, C.Ss.R. announces the following:
Retirements
Reverend Kerry Brennan retires from full-time parish ministry with the status of retired priest.
Reverend Patrick Dobec retires from full-time parish ministry with the status of retired priest.
Reverend John Lacey retires from full-time parish ministry with the status of retired priest.
Pastors
Reverend Michael Coyne is appointed pastor of St. Michael Parish, Douglas; St. Pius V Parish, Osceola; Sacred Heart Mission, Cobden and St Patrick Parish, Mount St. Patrick.
Reverend Réal Ouellette is appointed pastor of Most Holy Name of Jesus Parish, Pembroke, while remaining as pastor of Paroisse St-Jean-Baptiste, Pembroke.
Administrators
Reverend Peter Do is appointed administrator of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Petawawa.
Reverend David Butler, a priest of the Diocese of London on loan to the Diocese of Pembroke, is appointed administrator of Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Renfrew, St Francis Xavier Parish, Renfrew and Most Precious Blood Parish, Calabogie.
An announcement about the appointment of a parochial vicar to Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Renfrew, St. Francis Xavier Parish, Renfrew and Most Precious Blood Parish, Calabogie, will be forthcoming in due course.
Seminarian
Mr. Felix Ujo has been appointed to St. Columbkille Cathedral Parish, Pembroke for his pastoral year.
All appointments are effective 2 July 2026.
Bishop Brehl expresses heartfelt appreciation to those priests who are retiring from full-time parish ministry, and he gives thanks to the Lord for their many years of priestly service to the Church.
Please pray for those who have generously accepted new pastoral assignments.
1 May 2026
Feast of St. Joseph the Worker