Bishop announces pastor appointments

Bishop Dennis Sullivan announces three pastor appointments. Each is for a six-year term effective July 15.

Father Rene L. Canales, parochial vicar, Our Lady of Hope, Blackwood is named pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Lindenwold.

Father Canales, 45, has been in ministry to Hispanic Catholics in Blackwood and the surrounding area since 2015. He also has been heavily involved with the Charismatic Renewal for many years.

Born in El Salvador, he came to the United States illegally when he was 16 years old. He worked on farms in Florida and kitchens in Atlantic City before beginning seminary studies at Saint Charles Borromeo, Philadelphia, in 1998. He was ordained May 20, 2006, in Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Glassboro, by Bishop Joseph A. Galante.

He became a U.S. citizen on Feb. 21, 2019.

Father Canales has been parochial vicar at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Berlin; Saint Clare of Assisi, Gibbstown; and Saint Gabriel the Archangel, Carneys Point.

— Father Vincent G. Guest, pastor, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Lindenwold, is named pastor of Sacred Heart, Camden.

Father Guest, 60, has been pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Lindenwold, since 2016. He previously served as pastor of the Parish of Holy Cross, Bridgeton, 2013-16, after serving as parochial vicar there for a year.

Born in Philadelphia, Father Guest studied at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia; Temple University Law School; and the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government.

He was ordained May 19, 2012, at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Glassboro, by Bishop Joseph A. Galante.

As a civil lawyer, he practiced immigration, family and housing law in South Jersey before becoming a priest.

— Father Gerard C. Marable, pastor in Solidum, Sacred Heart, Camden, is named pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Galloway.

Father Marable, 64, has been ministering in Camden City parishes for 20 years. He was administrator and later pastor of both Saint Joan of Arc and Saint Bartholomew parishes. They were merged in 2010 to form Saint Josephine Bakhita in 2010, with Father Marable as pastor.

In 2017 Saint Josephine Bakhita merged with Sacred Heart, Camden, with Father Marable and Msgr. Michael Doyle as pastor in Solidum.

Born in Atlantic City, Father Marable studied at Xavier University, New Orleans, and Christ the King Seminary, East Aurora, N.Y. He was ordained May 28, 1988, in Saint Joseph Pro-Cathedral, Camden, by Bishop George H. Guilfoyle.

He served as parochial vicar at Saint Stephen Parish, Pennsauken; Most Holy Redeemer, Westville Grove; Saint James, Ventor; and Saint Andrew, Gibbsboro. He also served as a chaplain at Saint Mary Catholic Home, Cherry Hill, and West Jersey Hospital, Voorhees.

Also see newly appointed priest assignments here.