Most Reverend Andrew E. Bellisario, C.M.
Archbishop of the Diocese of Anchorage-Juneau
The son of the late Rocky and Mildred Bellisario, Archbishop Andrew E. Bellisario, C.M. was born and raised in the Los Angeles area. He graduated from Saint Vincent’s Seminary High School in Montebello, CA in 1975, and entered the Congregation of the Mission in the summer of that same year. After completing his novitiate in Santa Barbara, CA in 1976, he attended and graduated from Saint Mary’s of the Barrens Seminary College in Perryville, MO with a B.A. degree in Philosophy. Four years later he received his Master of Divinity degree from De Andreis Institute of Theology in Lemont, IL. He was ordained a priest for the Vincentians, Province of the West, on June 16, 1984.
Archbishop Bellisario has served as Parochial Vicar and Administrator of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church in Montebello, CA; the Pastor of Saint Vincent de Paul Church in Huntington Beach, CA; the Pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Patterson, CA; and the Director of De Paul Evangelization Center in Montebello, CA. He also served as the Provincial Superior of the Vincentians, Province of the West, and as the Director of the Daughters of Charity, Province of Los Altos Hills.
Archbishop Bellisario served as the Superior of the International Mission of the Vincentians in Alaska, and was named Pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Anchorage in May 2016.
Archbishop Bellisario was appointed the sixth Bishop of Juneau on July 11, 2017, by his Holiness Pope Francis and ordained and installed as Bishop on October 10, 2017, at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Juneau.
Archbishop Bellisario was appointed the first Archbishop of Anchorage—Juneau on May 19, 2020, by his Holiness Pope Francis and was installed as Archbishop on September 17, 2020, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral in Anchorage.
Fr. Pat Casey O.M.I.
Cathedral Pastor and Rector
Phone: 907-586-1300 ♦ Cell: 907-518-4059 ♦ Email: [email protected]
Fr. Patrick Casey, OMI was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. He was an officer in the US Army Medical Corps. His military stint included service in Vietnam. He attended Creighton University, studied Theology at the Boston Theological Union in Cambridge, MA, and was ordained a priest for the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) in 1980. He has served as a pastor in St. Louis, MO; Chicago, IL; and Petersburg, AK. He has been the Rector at the Cathedral since 2010.
Deacon Steve Olmstead
Pastoral Associate
Phone: 907-586-1340 ♦ Cell: 907-209-7005 ♦ Email: [email protected]
Deacon Charles Rohrbacher
Director of Liturgy, Co-Diocese of Juneau
Phone: (907) 586-2227 Ext.23 ♦ Email: [email protected]
Deacon Charles Rohrbacher was born and raised in California. He attended the University of California Berkley where he studied History and Art History. He has also studied icon painting in San Francisco, New York, and Paris with Dmitri Shkolnik and Fr. Egon Sendler, SJ. He served as Director of Religious Education at the Cathedral from 1995 to 2005. He was ordained a deacon for the Diocese of Juneau in 2006 and was assigned as Deacon to the Cathedral. He serves as the Director of Liturgy for the Co-Diocese of Juneau and is also on the staff for the Deacon Formation program. Deacon Charles and his wife Paula have two grown children. They live in Douglas, Alaska, where Deacon Charles continues to create icons and teach students of iconography. He has illustrated three ritual books for Liturgical Press: The Book of the Elect; The Illuminated Easter Proclamation; and The Passion of Holy Week.
Office Hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.- Noon
Please note: The office is closed on weekends and all holidays.
Bridget Goertzen
Director of Religious Education
Office Phone: 907-586-1317 ♦ Email: [email protected]
Leora Houtary
Middle School Youth Group
Email: [email protected]
Assisted by Sean Goertzen
Youth Ministry
Stefanie Wolter
Email: [email protected]
Cathy Mendoza
Email: [email protected]
Bridget Goertzen
Email: [email protected]
Bridget Goertzen
Sacramental Preparation
Phone: 907- 586-1317 ♦ Email: http://[email protected]
Robbie Izzard
Victim Assistance Coordinator
Phone: 907-586-2227 ext. 25