Press Release Archive

In the name of the Church, I want, first of all to express my sincere sorrow that so many have been subjected to the evil actions of priests and bishops. Thus, I apologize again, especially for any who have been subjected to injury at the hands of the clergy named below. While the Church has taken some very significant actions over the past twenty years, those actions are significant in terms of the present and future protection of children. However, they do not touch the very real trauma which the evil actions of deacons, priests and bishops have caused in the lives of thousands of young people in our nation.

Bishop Vasa has set Sunday, February 9th as the day he will celebrate a “Marriage Mass” to honor married couples throughout the Diocese of Santa Rosa.  The Marriage Mass will take place at the Cathedral of St. Eugene in Santa Rosa at 3 PM.  Following the Mass there will be a “wedding reception” in the Msgr. Becker Center featuring guest speaker Patrick Coffin. 

Reverend Michael Culligan - Retiring from Active Pastoral Ministry effective Monday, June 24, 2019. Reverend Denis O’Sullivan - Retiring from Active Pastoral Ministry effective Monday, July 1, 2019.

Two new priests came to the Diocese of Santa Rosa in February to exercise their priestly ministry. Reverend Rowell MOP from the Philippines, is a Religious priest of the Missionaries of the Poor and Reverend Sudhakar Mannam from India, is a Diocesan priest of the Diocese of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Bishop Vasa made the following assignments:

Bishop Vasa's Stetement describing Santa Rosa Diocese's Victims Compensation Program