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Presbyterate Ordinations 2025

Presbyterate Ordinations

The Dominican Friars 
of the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus 
joyfully announce the 
Ordinations of their Brothers 

Elias Guadalupe Ford, O.P.
Antony Augustine Cherian, O.P.
Nathaniel Maria Mayne, O.P.
John Peter Anderson, O.P.

to the Order of the Priesthood through the Imposition of Hands and the Prayer of Ordination by

The Most Reverend Steven Maekawa, O.P.
Bishop of Fairbanks

Friday, May 30, 2025, at 10:30 a.m.
St. Dominic Church
2390 Bush Street — San Francisco, California


Reception to follow at Priory of St. Albert the Great
5890 Birch Court — Oakland, California


Masses of Thanksgiving

Fr. Elias Guadalupe Ford, O.P.
Saturday, May 31 at 9:00 a.m.
St. Dominic Church
2390 Bush Street
San Francisco, California 94115

Fr. Antony Augustine Cherian, O.P.
Saturday, May 31 at 12:00 p.m. (Holy Qurbana)
St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Church
42500 Gatewood Street
Fremont, California 94538

Fr. Nathaniel Maria Mayne, O.P.
Sunday, June 1 at 9:30 a.m.
Priory of St. Albert the Great
6170 Chabot Road
Oakland, California 94618

Fr. John Peter Anderson, O.P.
Sunday, June 1 at 1:00 p.m.
Priory of St. Albert the Great
6170 Chabot Road
Oakland, California 94618


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