June 18, 2020

Rev. Mr. Wilmer Chirino to be Ordained to the Priesthood by Archbishop Nelson Pérez

The Ordination Mass will be streamed live at www.archphila.org and broadcast via Facebook Live at www.facebook.com/ArchbishopPerez/, and www.facebook.com/StCharlesSem/

The Rev. Mr. Wilmer Chirino, 49, son of Mr. Jose Ramon Chirino and Mrs. Andrea Chirino-Gonzalez, will be ordained to the Priesthood by Archbishop Nelson Pérez.

Saturday, June 20, 2020
10:00 a.m.
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103

A native of Carabobo, Venezuela, Rev. Mr. Chirino has been serving as a transitional deacon at Our Lady of Grace Parish in Penndel, PA, for the past year. He was home school throughout primary school and attended Prospero Reverend High School (1990) in Puerto Caballo, Venezuela. He received his Master in Philosophy at Seminario Divina Pastora (2005) in Venezuela, and his Master of Divinity (2017) from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome.

He is part of the Redemptoris Mater Seminary for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Father Chirino will celebrate his First Public Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving later in the summer.

There are five men from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in the Ordination Class of 2020.

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Editor’s Note: The newly ordained priests will be assigned, at the conclusion of the Ordination Mass, to an Archdiocesan parish where they will serve as parochial vicars. A parochial vicar is a priest appointed by the Archbishop to assist the pastor of a parish.

If you would like to receive a photograph of Father Chirino-Gonzalez, please contact the Office for Communications at 215-587-3747 or email [email protected].  

A press audio/video mult-box clean feed will be provided at the Ordination with multiple HD-SDI video (BNC) and mic/line (XLR) connections. Crews will need a live truck or recording device. Broadcast Media outlets will have parking space in the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center parking lot. The parking lot entrance is located on 17th Street. 

Direct link to live stream:
https://vimeo.com/424979675

Embed code for Ordination live stream:
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Contact:

Jhoselyn Martinez
Communications Specialist
215-587-3747 (office)