For men interested in the diocesan priesthood, or to learn more about Holy Orders, please visit the Diocese of Orange Vocation Office website.
Vocations from St. Cecilia
Over the years since the founding of St. Cecilia Parish, many men and women have responded to the call to follow Christ. The following is a list of those presently active in Priestly Ministry, those ordained as Deacons, those vowed in the Consecrated Life, and those are in the Vocation Formations.
Msgr. John Urell
Ordained for the Diocese of Orange, June 3, 1978.
Monsignor was the first St Cecilia vocation ordained from the parish.
Fr. Steve Sallot
Ordained for the Diocese of Orange, June 14, 1980
Fr. Jerry Horan, OSM
Ordained for the Servants of Mary (Servites), 1982
Deacon Jon D. Schlemmer
Ordained for the Diocese of Orange, 1990
Fr. Michael Mathews, CSC
Ordained for the Congregation of the Holy Cross, April 10, 1999
Deacon Dong Ngo
Ordained for the Diocese of Orange, April 30, 2005
Fr. Andy Do, SVD
Ordained for Divine Word Missionaries, 2008
Fr. Khoi Phan
Ordained for the Diocese of Orange: June 6, 2009
Fr. Jeremy Lambert, LC
Ordained for the Community of the Legionnaires of Christ, Dec 15, 2010
Fr. Benjamin Hoang
Ordained for the Diocese of Orange: June 9, 2012
Fr. Gaston Mendiola Arroyo
Ordained for the Diocese of Orange, June 9, 2018
Fr. Aristotle George Quan
Ordained for the Diocese of Orange, June 9, 2018
Deacon Andres Guerrero
Ordained for the Diocese of Orange, October 19, 2019
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” — Mt 9:37-38
“The Church finds Christ’s “Follow Me” at the beginning of every call to service in the ministerial priesthood, which simultaneously – in the Catholic Church of the Latin rite – is linked to the conscious and free choice of celibacy…If such a call comes into your heart do not silence it! Let it develop into the maturity of a vocation. Respond to it through prayer and fidelity to the commandments! For “the harvest is plentiful” and there is an enormous need for priests according to the heart of God – and the Church in the world of today has an enormous need of the witness of a life given without reserve to God: the witness of that nuptial love of Christ himself which, in a particular way, will make the Kingdom of God present among people and bring it near to the world.”
— Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II
to the Youth of the World, International Youth Year
March 31, 1985
“In a special way I commend to you young men the closing words of this evening’s Gospel: “You did not choose me, but I chose you” (Jn 15:16). Yes, the gift of a vocation to the priesthood is not something you seek for yourselves. It has nothing to do with status or privilege as the world understands these things. Your great privilege will be to lay down your lives with Christ the eternal priest if you are truly called to this vocation. May God help each of you to discern His will so that you may “Go out to bear fruit, fruit that will last.” “
–To priests, religious, and seminarians in Malawi
May 4, 1989