The Diocese of Corpus Christi and the Society of the Most Holy Trinity, each ordained two new priests on May 31. Pictured from left are Father Tristan Abbott, SOLT, Father Michael Slovak, SOLT, Father Alfredo Villarreal and Father David Bayardo. Mary Cottingham, South Texas Catholic
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ishop Michael Mulvey ordained four priests at the Corpus Christi Cathedral on Saturday, May 31. It was, the bishop said to the new priests, “a special day in your lives and in the lives of your families, but it is also a unique moment in the life of the entire Church.” Two of the priests, Father David Bayardo and Father Alfredo Villarreal, are diocesan priests and two, Father Tristan Abbott and Father Michael
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Slovak, were ordained for the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity. The day was an important one in the life of the Diocese of Corpus Christi