Clergy Announcement December 22, 2025

December 22, 2025

From the Office of Bishop Francis I. Malone:

“I am pleased to make the following clergy announcements:

Effective December 15, 2025:
Reverend Chidiebere Evaristus Ogbuagu, who began chaplain ministry at CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier – Highland Medical Center, has been granted priestly faculties to minister in the Diocese of Shreveport.

Effective December 23, 2025:
Reverend Nicholas Owino Onyach, F.M.H., is appointed pastor of St. Paschal Parish, West Monroe.

Reverend Michael Thang’wa, F.M.H. is relieved of his responsibility as pastor of St. Paschal Parish, West Monroe, to return to Nairobi, Kenya.”

Sincerely yours in Christ, 

+Francis I. Malone, D.D., J.C.L.

Bishop of Shreveport”

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