Fr. Francis Amponsah has been appointed as the new Parochial Vicar (Associate Pastor) for St. Anthony Catholic Church in Lakeland, Florida in the Western Deanery of the Diocese of Orlando.
He will be serving with Fr. Luis Salazar, an HNJ alumnus, who is the Parochial Administrator (pastor) at St. Anthony’s. We give thanks to God for the gift of Fr. Francis as he has faithfully served Holy Name of Jesus for the past 3-1/2 years and we continue to pray for him in his new assignment at St. Anthony’s (https://saintacc.com/). Fr. Francis’ last official day at HNJ will be Tuesday, August 25, and his first day at St. Anthony Catholic Church will be Saturday, August 29.