Assignments Announced For Five Priests

Amarillo—Assignments for five priests have been announced by Bishop Patrick J. Zurek.

Father Haider Quintero has been appointed Pastor at St. Laurence Church, Amarillo.
Father Nick Gerber has been appointed Parochial Vicar at St. Laurence Church, Amarillo.
Father Juan Carlos Barragan has been appointed Parish Administrator at Blessed Sacrament Church, Amarillo.
Father Anthony Raju Yanamala has been appointed Parish Administrator at Sacred Heart Church, Canadian and St. Mary’s Church, Wheeler.
Father Hrudaya Raju Kondamudi has been appointed Parochial Vicar at St. Vincent de Paul Church, Pampa and Chaplain at the Rufe Jordan Unit/Baten Transfer Facility Units of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

All appointments take effect the weekend of Saturday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 1.

A native of Ocaña, Colombia, Father Quintero, 45, was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Patrick J. Zurek on May 13, 2011 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Amarillo. He was appointed Parochial Administrator at Blessed Sacrament Church, Amarillo, on Sept. 1, 2012 and named Pastor on Oct. 1, 2013.

Father Gerber, 38, was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Zurek on June 7, 2008 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Amarillo. A native of Nazareth, he was appointed Pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Canadian and St. Mary’s Church, Wheeler, on June 1, 2013.

Father Barragan, 49, was ordained to the priesthood on May 31, 1997 by then-Bishop John W. Yanta at San Jose Church, Hereford. Previously, Father Barragán ministered to the Spanish-speaking of the Diocese of Amarillo while in residence at Church of the Holy Spirit, Tulia.

Father Yanamala, 37, was appointed Parochial Vicar at St. Vincent de Paul Church, Pampa and the Rufe Jordan Unit/Baten Transfer Facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, also in Pampa, on Jan. 24. He was ordained to the priesthood on April 3, 2008.

For Father Kondamudi, 37, this is his first assignment in the United States. A native of the Gunter District, he was ordained to the priesthood on March 26, 2008. He had served at five parishes in the Diocese of Guntur since his ordination.