Archbishop to ordain transitional deacons

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will ordain four men to the transitional diaconate during a 10 a.m. Mass May 21 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland. The transitional diaconate is the final step on the journey to the priesthood.

Those to be ordained are:

Jaime Garcia Vasquez, 27
Sponsoring parish: St. Clement I, Lansdowne

Isaac Makovo, 34
Sponsoring parish: St. Joseph, Cockeysville

Steven Roth, 32
Sponsoring parish: St. Andrew by the Bay

Stephen Cotter, 35
Sponsoring parish: St. Alphonsus, Baltimore