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Parochial Vicarfr.lucioeasbothell.orgMy name is Fr. Lucio Villalobos Franco, MSpS. I am 50 years old and I was born in Colima, México on May 17, 1972. I am the son of 10 children of Mr. J. Rosario Villalobos Hernández and Mrs. Esperanza Franco Chavez. I entered the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit on June 24, 1993. I started my novitiate on September 14, 1993. I made my First Religious Profession in St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Long Beach, Ca., on July 29, 1995. After 7 years of my religious profession, on September 2002 made my Perpetual Vows in Padre Serra Catholic Church in Camarillo California. On November 2003 along with my classmates from St. John Seminary I was ordained as a transitional Deacon in Camarillo California. I did my deaconate Internship at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Oxnard, Ca., and was Ordained to the Priesthood on July 3, 2004 in the same church. Our Lady of Guadalupe Church was my first assignment and I remained there for 2 years.
From 2006-2012 I was Formator in the Novitiate-seminary of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit.
From July 2012- December 2013 I was the Superior and Rector of the Saint Joseph House of Theology in South Bend Indiana.
From January 2014- June 2017 I was Pastor and Superior of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Oxnard, Ca.
In July 2017 I entered the Doctorate Program at the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio Texas.
In July 1st 2018 I was assigned by my Provincial Superior and his Council as Parish Administrator of St. Matthew Catholic Church in Hillsboro, Oregon.
On June 15th I was notified by my Provincial Superior of my new assignment to St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton as Associate Pastor, starting my ministry there on June 18, 2022.