The Most Reverend Luis Rafael Zarama, Bishop of Raleigh, conveys the following personnel changes:
Effective Friday, October 2, 2026
Very Reverend John McGee, O.S.F.S., V.F., resigns as Pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Wilmington and Dean of the Cape Fear Deanery.
Effective Thursday, October 15, 2026
Reverend Arokiadass Soosai Arpudam, H.G.N., Parochial Vicar at Saint Brendan the Navigator Parish in Shallotte, is appointed Administrator of Immaculate Conception Parish in Wilmington.
Upon consultation with the priests of the deanery, Very Reverend Jairo A. Maldonado Pacheco, Pastor of the Basilica Shrine of Saint Mary Parish, is additionally appointed Dean of the Cape Fear Deanery.