Chancery

March 29, 2025

Appointments for the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth

Most Reverend Brian Joseph Dunn, Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, announces the following appointments, which will be effective on July 30, 2025, unless otherwise stated:

Priest Appointments

Rev. Anthony Aguka, Assistant Priest for All Saints Parish, Cumberland County, will become Administrator, St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica, Halifax, effective May 26, 2025.

Rev. Eran Amarasingha, CC, to be ordained on May 24, 2025, will become the Assistant Priest at Saint Benedict Parish, Halifax, effective July 1, 2025.

Rev. Craig Cameron, Rector at St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica, will become Pastor of Good Shepherd Parish, Halifax, effective May 26, 2025. He shall complete his term as Director of Liturgy and shall no longer be involved with Holy Cross Chaplaincy.

Rev. Al Ray Compuesto, Assistant Priest for Divine Mercy, will become the Pastor of Corpus Christi Parish.

Rev. Nathanael DesRoches will assist with Holy Cross Chaplaincy, while remaining Pastor of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi Parish.

Rev. Edwin Ewuzie, Assistant Priest for Holy Apostles Parish, will become Assistant Priest of Corpus Christi Parish serving in the Digby area.

Rev. Michael Horianopoulos, CC, to be ordained on May 24, 2025, will become the Assistant Priest at Holy Trinity Parish, Lower Sackville, effective July 1, 2025.

Rev. Graham Keep, will complete his internship with the Companions of the Cross and will be moving to a new assignment outside the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. John MacPherson, Pastor of Corpus Christi Parish, will become Pastor of Holy Apostles Parish.

Rev. Yves Marchildon, CC, Assistant Priest at Holy Trinity Parish will be moving to a new assignment outside of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Gregory Nduka, Diocese of Okigwe, Nigeria, will become the Assistant Priest at Our Lady of Guadalupe when he comes to the Archdiocese later this year.

Rev. Daniel Ramos, CC, Assistant Priest at Saint Benedict Parish will be moving to a new assignment outside of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth, effective July 1, 2025.

Rev. Patrick Salah, Administrator of Good Shepherd Parish, Halifax, will be beginning studies in Moral Theology at Santa Croce University, Rome, effective May 26, 2025. He will also complete his term as Assistant Director of Liturgy and Master of Ceremonies.

Rev. Henry Smolenaars will become the Director of Liturgy, while continuing to be the Pastor of St. Ambrose Parish.

Congregation of Christ the Emmanuel is sending three Priests to the Archdiocese:

Rev. Emmanuel Enemuo, Rev. Oliver Nwagbara, Rev. Emmanuel Ndukaire. They will be individually assigned to Divine Mercy Parish, Dartmouth; Good Shepherd Parish, Halifax; All Saints Parish, Cumberland County, when they arrive in the Archdiocese later this year.

Deacon Appointments

Rev. Mr. Robert Doyle, Chancellor, will complete his role as Chancellor, effective June 30, 2025. He will continue as Director of Deacons and Deacon Formation.

PLC Appointment

Dr. Maryn Anderson, Parish Life Coordinator at Holy Apostles, will conclude her ministry in this role on May 2, 2025. She will become Vice-Chancellor, Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth and will begin her role on June 2, 2025.

Seminarian Appointments

Mr. Nathan Hoffman, seminarian studying at St. Augustine’s Seminary, Toronto, will be associated with St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica and the Catholic Diocesan Center for the summer. He will stay at St. Jerome House on the Atlantic School of Theology campus.

Mr. George Leberio, seminarian for the Companions of the Cross, will begin his Pastoral Year on September 1, 2025, at Holy Trinity Parish in Lower Sackville.

Mr. Bruce Muise, seminarian studying at St. Peter’s Seminary, London, will begin his Pastoral Year on September 1, 2025 at Divine Mercy Parish. He will stay at St. Peter’s Rectory at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish. He shall complete his Clinical Pastoral Education in London during the summer.

Mr. Gregory Vess, seminarian studying at St. Augustine’s Seminary, Toronto, will be working for the Catholic Cemeteries of Halifax for the summer. He will stay at his family home during the summer.

Mr. Morgan Wilson, seminarian studying at St. Peter’s Seminary, London, will be employed as the tour guide at St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica for the summer. He will stay at the St. Mary’s Glebe.

March 29, 2025

Reorganization Changes at CDC

With the recently announced Priest Appointments, there are also new reporting changes to announce at CDC.

Archdiocesan Appointments

With Father Craig Cameron moving to Good Shepherd Parish, the Director of Liturgy will be Fr.  Henry Smolenaars. CDC staff directly involved in plans, materials, and communications relating to Liturgy will be working with Fr. Henry and the members of the Liturgy Committee and Liturgical Commission. Fr. Craig continues to oversee vocations and priestly formation, supported by Mrs. Maxine Brown.

St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica

The St. Mary’s Cathedral team, Sr. Bernadette Cool, Mr. Aaron Raymond, and Mrs. Maria Azhagiri report to the new Administrator, Fr. Anthony Aguka.

Chancery Office

Deacon Robert Doyle is retiring from his duties as Chancellor. Effective June 2, 2025, Dr. Maryn Anderson will be the new Vice-Chancellor with Archives and Marriage Tribunal as part of her responsibilities. Therefore,

Mrs. Sharon Riel and Mrs. Cathy Targett will report directly to Maryn Anderson.

Pastoral Services

A new position reporting to the Archbishop has been created that will be responsible for Refugees, Hospital Chaplaincy, Deaf Community, Catholic Social Affairs, Mi’kmaq Pastoral Council, and Media Relations.

 Ms. Aurea Sadi has accepted this new role as Pastoral Services Manager effective June 2, 2025,  and we welcome Aurea to this new area of responsibility.

Pastoral Life & New Evangelization

Existing PL&NE staff continue with their current appointments and our regular communications functions continue as part of PL&NE. Mr. Alex Stapleton joins the Office of Pastoral Life and New Evangelization on a full-time basis beginning May 1, 2025 as a Project Coordinator.

As Father Craig Cameron moves from Holy Cross Chaplaincy, Mr. John Stevens will oversee this ministry.     

Mr. James Periera and Ms. Margaret Raymond will report directly to him as part of the Office of Pastoral Life & New Evangelization. Fr. Nathanael DesRoches, foh, will support the Chaplaincy team to provide sacramental and spiritual support to students.

Archbishop’s Leadership Team

The “Archbishop’s Executive Team” is changed to “Archbishop’s Leadership Team”. The Leadership Team is a smaller core group with additional staff invited to attend meetings as appropriate. This change in title better aligns diocesan Leadership Teams with parish Leadership Teams and provides opportunities for staff to share their gifts in a broader and more strategic way when their expertise is required.

Remaining CDC Teams Human Resources, Cemetery Group, and Business Office, Building and Property Management will continue as currently organized with reporting structures remaining as is.