Nov. 4, 2022

Deacon Armando Herrera

Bishop Barry C. Knestout has called to holy orders Deacon Armando Herrera from the Catholic Diocese of Richmond. Deacon Herrera will be ordained to the priesthood at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. More information on the ordination Mass will be forthcoming.

More about Deacon Armando Herrera

Deacon Armando Herrera during his ordination to the transitional diaconate, May 21, 2022.

Deacon Herrera, 29, studied at the Theological College of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., receiving his degree in sacred theology. Prior to entering seminary, he graduated from Virginia Military Institute. Although he grew up in New Jersey, his family moved to Roanoke while he was a teenager, where Deacon Herrera attended Roanoke Catholic High School and was active in athletics. His home parish is St. Andrew, Roanoke and he is co-sponsored by the Archdiocese for Military Services. Currently, he serves as a deacon at Blessed Sacrament, Harrisonburg. 

A full story on Deacon Herrera’s journey to the priesthood is featured in The Catholic Virginian.

A video story “in his own words” about his call to the priesthood is coming soon. We will update this webpage when it is made available.

After the call to holy orders, Bishop Knestout celebrated Mass at the Pastoral Center with Deacon Armando Herrera and Fr. Brian Capuano, Director of Vocations, as well as with members of the Vocations Board, Fr. Timothy Kuhneman and Msgr. Francis Muench (not pictured).

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