60 years
Msgr. Frank E. Mahler, who resides at the St. Rose of Lima
Priests Retirement Villa in Annandale, was ordained May 3,
1956.
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45 years
Father Richard J. Ley and Father Franklyn M. McAfee were
ordained May 15, 1971; Father John T. B. Trong was ordained
May 22, 1971; Father William J. Metzger, O.S.F.S., was
ordained June 5, 1971; and Father David Curran, C.I.C.M., was
ordained Oct. 9, 1971.
40 years
Father Donald Fest, S.S.J., was ordained May 1, 1976; Father
Donald J. Heet, O.S.F.S., and Father Thomas E. Murphy,
O.S.F.S., were ordained May 15, 1976; and Father Patrick
In-Joon Chung was ordained Dec. 7, 1976.
35 years
Father James R. Gould was ordained May 9, 1981.
30 years
Father Eric J. Albertson, Father Paul L. Dudzinski, and
Father John D. Kelly were ordained May 10, 1986; and Father
Alberto Bueno, T.O.R., was ordained June 7, 1986.
25 years
Father James S. Barkett, pastor of St. Mary of Sorrows
Church in Fairfax, was born Nov. 28, 1963, in Phoenixville,
Pa., one of five children of John and Bernadette Barkett.
He graduated from West Springfield High School in 1982 and
the Pontifical College Josephinum in 1987. He attended Mount
St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., and was ordained by
Arlington Bishop John R. Keating at the Cathedral of St.
Thomas More in Arlington May 18, 1991.
Father Barkett served as parochial vicar of St. Patrick
Church in Fredericksburg (1991-94) and Holy Family Church in
Dale City (1995-98). In 1998, he was named diocesan director
of youth activities with residence at St. Lawrence Church in
Alexandria (1998-99) and at St. Ann Church in Arlington
(1999-2000). He was named pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Church in Lake Ridge in 2000 and St. Mary of Sorrows in 2005.
Father Michael R. Duesterhaus, parochial vicar of St.
Timothy Church in Chantilly, was born June 29, 1965, in
Tuscola, Ill., one of eight children of Richard and Judith
Duesterhaus.
He graduated from Bishop O’Connell High School in 1983, and
earned a bachelor’s degree from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
in Wynnewood, Pa., in 1987. He went on to obtain master’s
degrees of divinity and arts.
He spent his diaconate assignment at St. Anthony Church in
Falls Church. He was ordained to the priesthood by Arlington
Bishop John R. Keating at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in
Arlington, May 18, 1991.
Father Duesterhaus served as parochial vicar of Holy Spirit
Church in Annandale (1991-96) before becoming a U.S. Navy
chaplain assigned to Okinawa, Japan (1996-99). After
returning to the Arlington Diocese, he served as parochial
vicar of St. Theresa Church in Ashburn (1999-2000) and St.
Michael Church in Annandale (2000-01). He was named
administrator of St. William of York Church in Stafford
(2001-04) and parochial vicar of St. Patrick Church in
Fredericksburg (June-October 2004). He was mobilized to
active duty in Fallujah and Ramadi, Iraq (2004-06). Upon his
return, he served as parochial vicar of St. Elizabeth Ann
Seton Church in Lake Ridge (2006-08) and St. Matthew Church
in Spotsylvania (June-October 2008). He mobilized again to
Ramadi, Iraq (November 2008-November 2009) and was named
parochial vicar of Our Lady of Angels Church in Woodbridge
(2010-14) and the Mission Church of Corpus Christi in South
Riding (2014-15).
Father Duesterhaus was appointed parochial vicar of St.
Timothy in 2015. He also serves as assistant chaplain at
Inova Fairfax Hospital.
Father Edward C. Hathaway, pastor of St. Mary Church
in Alexandria, was born Jan. 5, 1961, in Oakland, Calif., to
Charles and Marie Hathaway. He attended James W. Robinson
High School in Fairfax and graduated from the University of
Virginia in 1983 with a bachelor’s in psychology. Before
entering seminary, he worked as a mortgage bank recruiter,
then as a technical recruiter in the computer and engineering
fields.
Father Hathaway attended St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in
Wynnewood, Pa. He was ordained to the diaconate May 26, 1990,
and ordained to the priesthood May 18, 1991, both by
Arlington Bishop John R. Keating.
He served as parochial vicar of St. Michael Church in
Annandale (1991-95), St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Clifton
(1995-99), and the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington
(1999-2000). He served as administrator of St. John the
Beloved Church in McLean before becoming the pastor in 2002.
He also has served as pastor of St. John the Baptist Church
in Front Royal (2005-07) and St. Veronica Church in Chantilly
(2007-15).
He was appointed pastor of St. Mary in 2015.
Father Hathaway served on the diocesan presbyteral council,
the diocesan ecumenical committee and as ex-officio director
on the board of diocesan Catholic Charities.
Father John H. Melmer, parochial vicar of Our Lady of
Lourdes Church in Arlington, was born Aug. 23, 1965, in
Arlington to James J. and Mildred E. Melmer. He attended St.
James School in Falls Church. During his formation in
seminary, he attended St. Joseph Preparatory Seminary in
Vienna, W. Va., the Pontifical College Josephinum in
Columbus, Ohio, and Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg,
Md. He was ordained to the diaconate May 26, 1990, and
ordained to the priesthood May 18, 1991, both by Arlington
Bishop John R. Keating.
He served as parochial vicar of St. Timothy Church in
Chantilly (1991-94), St. Mark Church in Vienna (1994-97) and
St. Elizabeth Church in Colonial Beach (1997-2000). In 2000,
he became the administrator of both St. Elizabeth Church and
the Mission Church of St. Anthony in King George. A year
later he was named pastor of both (2001-02). In 2002, he
became parochial vicar of St. Mary Church in Alexandria
(2002-05) and then became pastor of St. John the Evangelist
Church in Warrenton (2005-10). In 2010, he was appointed
parochial vicar of All Saints Church in Manassas (2010-15).
Father Melmer was named parochial vicar of Our Lady of
Lourdes in 2015.
Father Melmer served on the diocesan presbyteral council and
is a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus.
Father Carroll L. Oubre, parochial vicar of Holy
Spirit Church in Annandale, was born Oct. 20, 1964, in
Houston to Dr. Carroll and Margaret Oubre and attended school
there. He has one sibling, Michelle Peters.
Father Oubre earned a bachelor’s degree in 1987 from
Christendom College in Front Royal.
Father Oubre received his theology training at Mount St.
Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., and was ordained by
Arlington Bishop John R. Keating May 18, 1991. He served his
diaconate year at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Winchester.
Father Oubre’s first priestly assignment was as parochial
vicar at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Great Falls
(1991-94).
He was parochial vicar at St. Mary Church in Alexandria
(1994-98), Holy Family Church in Dale City (1998-2001) and
St. Timothy Church in Chantilly (2001-05).
In 2005, Father Oubre was named parochial administrator of
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Lake Ridge. In 2007, he was
assigned to St. Agnes Church in Arlington as a parochial
vicar, and served there until 2013, when he was appointed
parochial vicar at Holy Spirit Church in Annandale.
Father Patrick L. Posey, was born Jan. 21, 1965 in
Washington. He is one of three children of Aubrey and Peggy
Posey. He attended St. Agnes School in Arlington and
graduated from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington in
1983. He studied for the priesthood at St. Charles Borromeo
Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa., and Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in
Emmitsburg, Md., and was ordained by Arlington Bishop John R.
Keating in 1991.
Father Posey served as parochial vicar of Sacred Heart Church
in Winchester (1991-95).
He served for eight years at the diocesan mission in
Bánica, Dominican Republic (1995-2003).
When he returned from Bánica, he was named pastor of
St. Francis de Sales Church in Purcellville.
Since 2006, he has served as pastor of St. James Church in
Falls Church.
In addition to his pastoral duties, Father Posey is the
diocesan director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, a
member of the investment committee of the National Board of
the Pontifical Mission Societies, the dean of Deanery I and
director of the Propagation of the Faith for the Arlington
Diocese.
Father Posey is also a member of the board of directors of
Caritas Lebanon and the Black and Indian Missions.
He was a Reserve Officer in the Air Force Chaplain Candidate
Program.
Father M. Paul Richardson, who resides at St. Rose of
Lima Priests’ Retirement Villa in Annandale, was born Jan.
15, 1963, in Fort Lee, a U.S. Army post in Prince George
County, Va. The third of six children of William Edwin and
Loretta Richardson, he attended Fort Hunt High School in
Alexandria, graduating in 1981. Discerning a call to the
priesthood, he attended the Pontifical College Josephinum in
Columbus, Ohio, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in
philosophy in 1985. He then entered Mount St. Mary’s Seminary
in Emmitsburg, Md., and his diaconate assignment was at St.
Leo the Great Church in Fairfax from 1990 to 1991. After
earning a master’s in divinity and in theology, he was
ordained May 18, 1991, by Arlington Bishop John R. Keating.
Father Richardson served as parochial vicar of St. Mark
Church in Vienna (1991-92); St. John the Beloved Church in
McLean (1992-95); St. Philip Church in Falls Church
(1995-97); St. Louis Church in Alexandria (1997-2002); and
St. Catherine of Siena Church in Great Falls (2002-04). In
2004, he was named administrator of Our Lady of the
Shenandoah Mission in Basye, where he remained until 2009,
when he was appointed parochial vicar of St. Bernadette
Church in Springfield.
After serving at St. Bernadette for two years, Father
Richardson entered medical retirement due to multiple
sclerosis. For the next three years, he lived and served as
chaplain at St. Joseph’s Home in Richmond, a medical facility
for the elderly poor run by the Little Sisters of the Poor.
Father Richardson moved to the retirement villa in 2014 and
volunteers at St. Bernadette School in Springfield.
Father John J. Riley, chaplain and faculty member at
the Augustine Institute in Denver, was born Aug. 10, 1961, in
St. Louis. The oldest child of John J. Sr. and Leemarie
Louise Riley, he attended St. Anastasia School in Broomall,
Pa., and Arlington High School in Arlington, Texas,
graduating in 1979. Interested in pursuing a career in motion
picture production and direction, he earned a bachelor’s
degree in communication from the University of Notre Dame in
South Bend, Ind., in 1983.
After discerning a call to the priesthood, he entered St.
Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa., and earned a
master’s in catechetics from the Notre Dame Institute (now
Christendom Graduate School) in Alexandria in 1989. His
diaconate assignment was at Holy Spirit Church in Annandale.
He earned a second master’s in divinity and in theology from
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary and was ordained May 18, 1991,
by Arlington Bishop John R. Keating.
Father Riley served as parochial vicar of St. Luke Church in
McLean (1991-93); All Saints Church in Manassas (1993-97);
and St. John the Evangelist Church in Warrenton (1997-2000).
From1996 to 2000, Father Riley was chaplain and an adjunct
instructor of theology at Christendom College in Front Royal.
He also has written Gospel Commentaries for the Catholic
Herald.
In 2000, Father Riley was appointed administrator of St.
Louis Church in Alexandria and was named pastor two years
later. He served as pastor until 2004, when he was appointed
pastor of St. Matthew Church in Spotsylvania. In 2010, he
began his ministry at the Augustine Institute.
