Our Deaneries | Diocese of Las Cruces

Vicars Forane

PRIESTS	VICARIATE	TERM
Very Rev. Francisco Tovar 575-636-4410	Mesilla Valley	12/1/24 –11/30/29
Very Rev. Martin Cornejo-Garcia 575-640-3190	Tularosa Basin	12/1/24 –11/30/29
Very Rev. Hriday Pasala, H.G.N. 575-706-5077	Carlsbad/Hobbs	12/1/24 –11/30/29
Very Rev. Gino Wilcox 575-644-7716	Las Cruces	12/1/24 –11/30/29
Very Rev. Francis Lazer	Roswell	12/1/24 –11/30/29
Very Rev. Oliver Obele 713-382-0938	Copper	12/1/24 –11/30/29

Carlsbad/Hobbs
San Jose, Carlsbad	Rev. Juan Carlos Ramírez
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Hobbs	Rev. Jorge Vargas
St. Helena, Hobbs	Rev. Joseph Pacquing
St. Cecilia, Jal; St. Clare Mission, Eunice	Rev. Emmanuel Okoye
Our Lady of Grace, Loving	Very Rev. Hriday Pasala, H.G.N., V.F.
St. Edward, Carlsbad; Cristo Rey Mission, Malaga	Very Rev. Hriday Pasala, H.G.N., V.F.
St. Thomas Aquinas, Lovington; Our Lady of the Rosary Tatum	Rev. Samuel Ameh, V.C.

Copper
Our Lady of Fatima, Bayard; San Lorenzo Mission, Silver City; St Anthony Mission, Fierro; Holy Family Mission, Hanover	Rev. Martin Okonkwo
Holy Family, Deming	Rev. Prakasham Naripogula, H.G.N.
St. Ann, Deming; Holy Family Mission, Columbus	Rev. Francis Gyau /Rev. Anthony Basso (7/2025)
Infant Jesus, Hurley; Santa Clara, Santa Clara, San Juan Mission, San Juan	Rev. Casmir Anozie
St. Joseph, Lordsburg; San Felipe de Neri Mission, Lordsburg; St. Jude Mission, Cotton City	Rev. Jude Okonkwo
St. Vincent de Paul, Silver City; Holy Cross Mission, Pinos Altos; St Isidore Mission, Gila	Very Rev. Oliver Obele, V.F.
St. Francis Newman Center, Silver City	Rev. Ephraim Ezulike

Las Cruces
Cathedral of the IHM, Las Cruces	Rev. Alejandro Reyes-Cardenas
Holy Cross, Las Cruces	Rev. Richard Catanach
Our Lady of Health, Las Cruces	Rev. Ruben Romero
Santa Rosa de Lima, Las Cruces	Very Rev. Gino Wilcox, V.F.
St. Genevieve, Las Cruces	Rev. Theophine Okafor
St. Albert the Great Newman	Very Rev. Kevin Waymel
Our Lady of Purification, Doña Ana; San Isidro Mission, Doña Ana	Rev. Emmanuel Ezenneh
Our Lord of Mercy, Hatch; Our Lady of All Nations, Rincon	Rev. Ivan Torres
San Isidro, Garfield; San Jose, Arrey; Our Lady of Guadalupe, Hillsboro	Rev. Ivan Torres
Basilica of San Albino, Mesilla; St Joseph Mission, Fairacres	Rev. Christopher Williams
St. Joseph Mission, Fairacres	Sr. Marie-Paule Willem, F.M.M.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mesilla Park	Rev. Valentine Jankowski, O.F.M. Conv
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, T or C; San Lorenzo Mission, Placitas; San Miguel Mission, Rancho de San Miguel; St Gregory Mission, Chise	Rev. Michael Williams

Mesilla Valley
San José, La Mesa; San Pedro del Cerro, Vado	Rev. Alonso QuiÇ¹onez
San Luis Rey, Chamberino	Rev. Alonso QuiÇ¹onez
San Miguel Arcangel, San Miguel; Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission, Mesquite	Rev. Alonso QuiÇ¹onez
St. Thomas More, Chaparral	Rev. Jose Rodolfo Yela, O.A.R.
St. Anthony, Anthony	Rev. Jesus Mena
Our Lady of Refuge Mission; Immaculate Conception Mission, Berino	Rev. Jesus Mena
San Martin de Porres, Sunland Park	Rev. Carlos Espinoza
St. John Paul II, Santa Teresa	Very Rev. Francisco Tovar, V.F.

Roswell
Our Lady of Grace, Artesia	Rev. Vijaya Amarlapudi, H.G.N.
St. Anthony, Artesia	Very Rev. Francis Lazer, H.G.N., V.F.
Immaculate Conception, Dexter; St. Catherine, Hagerman; Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, Lake Arthur	Rev. Raphael Nwosu
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, Roswell (All Saints Catholic School)	Rev. Jaroslaw Nowacki
St. John the Baptist, Roswell	Rev. Eduardo Espinosa, O.F.M.
St. Peter, Roswell	Rev. Patrick Schafer, O.F.M.

Tularosa Basin
Immaculate Conception, Alamogordo; Sacred Heart, Cloudcroft	Very Rev. Martin Cornejo-Garcia, V.F.
St. Jude, Alamogordo	Rev. Marcel Okonkwo
Santa Rita, Carrizozo; Sacred Heart Capitan; St Therese, Corona	Rev. Thadayoose Lazar, H.G.N.
St. Joseph, Mescalero & Our Lady of Guadalupe, Bent	Rev. Martin Cordero
St. Francis de Paula, Tularosa	Rev. Patrick Montgomery
Our Lady of the Light, La Luz; Santo Nino de Atocha Mission, Tularosa	Rev. Patrick Montgomery
St. Eleanor, Ruidoso; San Ysidro Mission, Glencoe; St. Jude Thaddeus Mission, San Patricio	Rev. Emmanuel Stephen