Priest Profile

MEET DEACON GUILLERMO & ANGELA TORRES

DIRECTOR OF HISPANIC MINISTRY, DIOCESE OF ORANGE

By STAFF     3/29/2016

YEARS MARRIED: 25

CHILDREN: 3

GRANDCHILDREN: 2

YEARS IN THE DIACONATE: 10

HOW THEY MET: “Through the apostolic movement ‘Search’ at St. Barbara’s Parish in Santa Ana.”

WHAT THEY DO FOR FUN: “Angela and I enjoy gatherings with all our children and grandchildren, gatherings with friends and family, watching movies, sitting by the fireplace at night chatting and some traveling.”

HOW HE WAS CALLED TO THE DIACONATE: “In 1999, while celebrating our birthdays, Fr. Rodolfo Preciado (my then-Pastor) asked me and Angela if I would consider joining the diaconate and we responded yes to this calling.”

HIS MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE: “The fulfilling service I offered, through Detention Ministry, at the James A. Musick Jail Facility in Irvine.”