Father Ibanez celebrates 25 years as Dominican

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POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM DECEMBER 10, 2018


Father Armando Ibanez, OP

Photo by KSAT TV.


On Wednesday, December 12, on the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Father Armando Ibanez will celebrate his 25th anniversary as a priest. The occasion will be marked by a Mass at St. Francis de Paula beginning at 6 p.m. 

He was ordained at St. Francis de Paula on December 11, 1993, and celebrated his first Mass the following day.

Father Ibanez, whose roots are in San Diego, joined the Dominican Order, which served San Diego, Freer, Benavides, and Alice for more than half a century. Prior to his entry into the priesthood, he was a reporter with the Alice Echo-News and the Corpus Christi Caller.

His current ministry is as an instructor of journalists and filmmakers at Texas A&M University.

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2 COMMENTSON "FATHER IBANEZ CELEBRATES 25 YEARS AS DOMINICAN"

  1. DANIEL CUBRIEL | December 11, 2018 at 9:50 am | Reply
    As a young altar boy, I remember my uncle, Alfonso Perez, taking some of us to the seminary in Corpus Christi. At the time my cousin, Armando Ibanez and Generoso Gomez, who was a San Diego native, were at the seminary. Generoso later left the seminary and attended schools in San Diego. I don’t know what happened to him after he graduated from San Diego High School. He used to say that he was related to me.

    • cardenas.ae@gmail.com | December 11, 2018 at 10:19 am | Reply
      Thanks, Danny for the memory. I remember Generoso was in the seminary as well but never knew what happened to him.

 

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