Fathers Manuel Cerón and José Rausseo ordained May 31

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SALT LAKE CITY — The Diocese of Salt Lake City has long depended on the generosity and the spirit of foreign-born priests to continue its ministry and its life here. May 31 saw two more men, Father José Gregorio Rausseo Gómez, a native of Venezuela, and Father Manuel de Jesús Cerón Valdéz of Mexico ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Salt Lake City by Bishop John C. Wester in the Cathedral of the Madeleine.

In a bi-lingual ceremony that included participation by members of the ordinands’ families, Father Colin Bircumshaw, pastor of St. Ann Parish and diocesan vocations director, called forth then-Deacons Rausseo and Cerón. vouching for their worthiness to be ordained.