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By CatholicPhilly Staff • Posted May 7, 2025
Seven men will be ordained transitional deacons for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on Saturday, May 10 at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul during a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez.
All are invited to watch the livestream here on CatholicPhilly and on St. Charles Borromeo Seminary’s Facebook page .
After ordination, the men will serve full-time in archdiocesan parishes for six months while completing their formation at the seminary, in preparation for anticipated priestly ordination in May 2026.
The 2025 Transitional Diaconate Ordinandi from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are:
Declan J. Cole , a native of Southampton and a member of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, entered St. Charles Borromeo Seminary after graduating from Archbishop Wood High School. He attended the parish school from kindergarten through eighth grade. The son of Mary and Quentin Cole, Declan is the middle child of seven siblings.
In addition to these seven men, Archbishop Pérez will ordain Jude Arkesh Ragel and Pasquelge Don Sandun Tharuka from the Archdiocese of Colombo in Sri Lanka as transitional deacons.
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