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Very Rev. Baker
Rev. Chacko
Rev. Mahler
Rev. Mariadoss
26 Rev. Nguyen
Rev. Rayappan
Rev. Varughese
Pastoral appointments given Four pastoral appointments and three reappointments, effective immediately, have been announced by Bishop Sam G. Jacobs. The Very Rev. Jay L. Baker, V.G., rector of St. Joseph CoCathedral in Thibodaux since June 2004 and administrator of St. Mary’s Nativity Church parish in Raceland since June 2013, has been reappointed as rector of the co-cathedral for a period of up to three years. He was ordained June 13, 1992. The Rev. Vincent Chacko, a native of Thannirmukkom, Kerala, India, has been appointed as chaplain at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, for a period of six years. Father Chacko was ordained May 9, 1980. The Rev. Clyde Mahler, pastor of
Maria Immacolata Church parish in Houma since June 2004, has been reappointed as pastor of the parish for a period of up to three years. He was ordained May 22, 1999. The Rev. Selvam Mariadoss, who has been serving as parish priest at St. Thomas Church parish in Vembar, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India, since 2011, has been appointed as associate pastor at St. Joseph Co-cathedral Church parish in Thibodaux, for a period of three years. Father Mariadoss is a native of Udayendiram, Vaniyambadi, Tamil Nadu, India. He was ordained May 21, 2005. The Rev. Ty Van Nguyen, pastor of St. Ann Church parish in Bourg since June 2002, has been reappointed as pastor of the parish
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for a period of up to three years. He was ordained May 25, 1985. The Rev. Vanathu “Raj” Rayappan, who has been serving as assistant parish priest at Little Mount Church parish in Chennai, India, since 2011, has been appoiwnted as associate pastor at St. Bernadette Church parish in Houma, for a period of three years. Father Rayappan is a native of Elamangalam, Kerala, India. He was ordained Dec. 27, 2007. The Rev. Joseph Poovathumkal Varughese, who has been serving as a parish priest in Podimattom, Kerala, India, since 2011, has been appointed as associate pastor at Maria Immacolata Church parish, for a period of two years. Father Varughese is a native of Mundakayam, Kerala, India. He was ordained April 11, 1994.