Garces Memorial welcomes its new Rector, Monsignor Perry J. Kavookjian.  Monsignor Perry was born in Fresno in 1958. He attended Catholic elementary school and graduated from San Joaquin Memorial High School in 1976.  After obtaining his B.A. from California State University, Fresno, he entered St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, California, and began his priestly formation.  He was ordained as a priest on September 12, 1987.  Monsignor Perry spent 14 years working with college students at St. Paul Newman Center located next to the campus of Fresno State before returning to Bakersfield in 2008.  He currently serves as pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church—the first new parish in Bakersfield since 1968.  The congregation meets for Masses at Frontier High School but is approaching the beginning of its building project. Monsignor Perry enjoys playing guitar, traveling, reading and hanging out with his cat, Lilly.  

Welcome to Garces Memorial Monsignor Perry!

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