Rev. Fr. Lionel Marcel Bernatchez M.Th.

Lionel graduated from Polyvalente Roland Pepin in 2007 and Concordia university in 2014 with a Bachelor in Theology (with a major in ministry) and in 2021 with a Master's degree in theology (with major in Pastoral Care).

He has worked in the secular alongside his serving during this time to support himself and his ministry. He has been with OCAC since 2017 serving in minor orders and as Acting Deacon during the covid pandemic. He was ordained by Bishop Fagbohun in August 2023.

Lionel has assisted Pastoral Care Services since 2017 at the Campbellton regional hospital working alongside the Chaplin of the hospital and in the chapel preparing things for mass as well as visiting patients and giving communion to patients as requested.

In his ministry going forward he will work with Father Seth Ben Archer in the OCAC Order of Mount Carmel which will involve celebrating Mass every day with friends, family and at the hospital and nursing homes nearby.