CHARLOTTE — Officers for the Diocese of Charlotte’s Presbyteral Council were elected Sept. 10.
Pictured with Bishop Peter Jugis are: chairman, Father Benjamin Roberts, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Monroe; vice chairman, Father Patrick Hoare, pastor of St. Matthew Church in Charlotte; secretary, Father Paul Gary, pastor of St. Luke Church in Mint Hill; and treasurer, Father John Putnam, pastor of St. Mark Church in Huntersville.
The Presbyteral Council is a group of priests chosen to advise the bishop in the governance of the diocese. Required by Church law, the council represents all priests in the diocese and is “like a senate of the bishop” (Code of Canon Law 495 §1), with about half the members elected by the priests and others appointed by the bishop.