
FATHER JOSEPH LUAN NGUYEN
PASTOR
Years in the priesthood : since 1990
Favorite book: “The Road of Hope,” Cardinal Thuan Nguyen
Favorite travel destinations: The Holy Land, Rome, Vietnam
Favorite pastimes: Reading, jogging, going out to movies
Favorite scripture: John 10:14 – “I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me.”
“My role is to be a shepherd and to reach out and to help God’s people understand how to love the Lord more intimately, to serve others, and to empower them to do ministry in the Church.”
– Father Joseph Luan Nguyen
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Father Joseph Thai
PAROCHIAL VICAR
Father Joseph Thai was ordained for the Archdiocese of Chicago on May 20, 1995. After serving 10 years there, he moved to the Diocese of Orange. From 2005-2006, he was a Parochial Vicar at St. Angela Merici in Brea; from 2006-2010, he was assigned to St. Columban in Garden Grove; from 2010-2015, he served as Director at the Vietnamese Center, and from 2015-2019 he was a Parochial Vicar at St. Barbara Church. On July 1, 2019. Bishop Vann assigns Father Joseph Thai Nguyen as Parochial Vicar at Our Lady of La Vang Church.

ADOLFO VILLALPANDO
DEACON

Tao Duc Phan (David)
Deacon