Bishop Mark announced the following clergy appointments, all effective on September 15, 2026.
DEACON SAMUEL F. ALBARANO, JR., appointed to diaconal ministry at Holy Family Parish in Portage.
REVEREND CALLISTUS I. ELUE, appointed Pastor of Saints Gregory and Barnabas Parish in Johnstown (previously served as Administrator of the parish).
REVEREND MARIUSZ GORAZD, appointed Pastor of Saint Mary (Immaculate Conception) Parish in Altoona (previously served as Administrator of the parish), continuing as Administrator of Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Altoona.
REVEREND KEVIN QUEALLY, TOR, appointed Pastor of Saint Mary Parish in Nanty Glo (previously served as Administrator of the parish).
VERY REVEREND BRIAN R. SAYLOR, VF, appointed Director of Liturgy for the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, continuing as Pastor of Saint John the Evangelist Parish in Bellefonte, Pastor of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Spring Mills, Dean of the Northern Deanery, and Chaplain at St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy in Boalsburg.
REVEREND JUSTIN P. TREON, appointed Pastor of Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish in Ashville and Pastor of Saint Monica Parish in Chest Springs (previously served as Administrator of the parishes), continuing as Sacramental Minister at Mount Aloysius College in Cresson.