Parish Advocates assist Petitioners in submitting their marriage nullity cases to the Tribunal. Parish Advocates are priests and deacons (by virtue of their ordination), and appointed lay ministers who serve in this capacity.
All cases are submitted to the Tribunal by a Parish Advocate. It is the role of the Parish Advocate to ensure that all forms, documents, and fees are complete when submitted to the Tribunal. In addition, the Parish Advocate accompanies the Petitioner throughout the process, offering guidance, support, and help as needed. Respondents may also take advantage of the assistance of a Parish Advocate.
Parish Advocates have successfully completed the Tribunal’s Introductory and Advanced Parish Advocate training programs and have been appointed to a four-year term to serve in this capacity.
The first step in getting started with an annulment case is to contact a Parish Advocate in your parish or deanery. Below is the list of Parish Advocates (by City and Parish) who have completed the training and been appointed. Or, you may contact a priest or deacon in your parish to assist you. If your parish does not have an Advocate listed, feel free to call the Tribunal for a recommendation. We also have Parish Advocates who speak Spanish, Tagalog, or Vietnamese.
City – Parish | Name & Email | Languages | |
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"At Large" Advocate Available to assist any Petitioner needing help | Ms. Patricia Camarillo patcuca90@gmail.com | Spanish | |
ALTURAS – Sacred Heart | Mrs. Ronda Gysin ronda.gysin@yahoo.com | ||
ANDERSON - Sacred Heart | Ms. Margarita "Maggie" Osorio maggieparacristo@yahoo.com (530) 782- 3783 | ||
ANDERSON – Sacred Heart | Deacon Rich Valles richgvalles98@gmail.com | Spanish | |
AUBURN - St. Teresa of Avila | Contact the Pastor as the first step, and he will assign an Advocate for you. Rev. Arbel Cabasagan fr_arbel@yahoo.com | ||
BENICIA – St. Dominic | Mr. Edward Murphy edparishadvocate@stdombenicia.org | ||
BENICIA – St. Dominic | Ms. Joyce Elaine Paschal elaineparishadvocate@stdombenicia.org | ||
CARMICHAEL – Our Lady of the Assumption | Mrs. Shannon Langer langer@olaparish.net | ||
CARMICHAEL – St. John the Evangelist | Deacon Keith Johnson deaconkeith@sjecarmichael.org | ||
CARMICHAEL – St. John the Evangelist | Mrs. Pamela Johnson pam@bountypoint.com | ||
CHICO – St. John the Baptist | Deacon William Bruening W_Bruening@yahoo.com | ||
CHICO – St. John the Baptist | Ms. Sharon Stover stoversharona@gmail.com | ||
CITRUS HEIGHTS – Holy Family | Deacon Donald Galli dcndonaldgalli@holyfamilycitrusheights.org | ||
CITRUS HEIGHTS – Holy Family | Mrs. Irene Hronicek holyfamilyadvocate@gmail.com | ||
CITRUS HEIGHTS – Holy Family | Rev. Paolo Dorrego, PES paolodorrego1@gmail.com | ||
COLFAX – St. Dominic | Mr. Joe DePaoli jpdepaoli@hotmail.com | ||
DOWNIEVILLE - Immaculate Conception | Rev. Alex Estrella fralexestrella@gmail.com | Spanish | |
ELK GROVE - Good Shepherd | Mrs. Verne Bowers vb51@icloud.com | Tagalog | |
ELK GROVE – Good Shepherd | Ms. Carmencita "Menchie" DeCastro-Cabrera goodshepherdcff@frontiernet.net | Tagalog | |
ELK GROVE – Good Shepherd | Deacon Rommel Declines, Sr. gsccadvocate@gmail.com | ||
ELK GROVE – Good Shepherd | Deacon Al Llenos allenos@comcast.net | Tagalog | |
ELK GROVE – St. Joseph | Mr. Tony Hock adhock62@gmail.com | ||
ELK GROVE – St. Joseph | Mrs. Heather McAvoy-Jensen heathermj@sbcglobal.net | ||
ELK GROVE – St. Joseph | Mrs. Ida Miranda idairis39@gmail.com | Spanish | |
ELK GROVE – St. Joseph | Rev. Manny Rodriguez
| Spanish | |
FAIR OAKS – St. Mel | Mrs. Cheryl Hoffmann CherylHoffmann33@gmail.com | ||
FAIR OAKS – St. Mel | Mr. Gary McCollum g.mccollumstmelchurch@yahoo.com | ||
FAIR OAKS – St. Mel | Deacon Larry Niekamp dcnlarryn@comcast.net | ||
FAIRFIELD - Holy Spirit | Deacon Jack Davault jdavault@holyspiritfairfield.org (707) 290-1447 | ||
FAIRFIELD – Our Lady of Mt. Carmel | Mr. Elpidio "Pidz" Banasan olmc.advocate@gmail.com | ||
FAIRFIELD – Our Lady of Mt. Carmel | Deacon Raymond Elias deaconraymondelias@sbcglobal.net | Spanish | |
FOLSOM – St. John the Baptist | Mrs. Mercy Knight mk4177@sbcglobal.net | ||
FOLSOM – St. John the Baptist | Mrs. Laura F. Wicklman lfwicklman@outlook.com (916) 337-9116 | ||
FORT JONES – Sacred Heart | Deacon Charles Werner cwerner@sisqtel.net | ||
GALT – St. Christopher | Ms. Maria Polanco mariapolanco@saint-christophers.com | ||
GRANITE BAY – St. Joseph Marello | Deacon Dennis Gorsuch dennisgorsuch@comcast.net | ||
GRASS VALLEY – St. Patrick | Rev. Alex Estrella fralexestrella@gmail.com | Spanish | |
GRASS VALLEY – St. Patrick | Mrs. Suzie James suziejames@sbcglobal.net | ||
LINCOLN - St. Joseph | Deacon Patrick Mahan patrickmahan28@gmail.com (916) 224-1282 | ||
LINCOLN - St. Joseph | Mrs. Maria Reynoso-Mahan pmspmahan@sbcglobal.net (916) 224-1280 | ||
MAXWELL - Sacred Heart | Mrs. Norma "Lillian" Tatar olivares_norma@yahoo.com | ||
NEVADA CITY – St. Canice | Rev. Alex Estrella fralexestrella@gmail.com | Spanish | |
NORTH HIGHLANDS - St. Lawrence the Martyr | Ms. Jainell Gaitan jgaiuop69@comcast.net (916) 764-7011 | ||
NORTH HIGHLANDS – St. Lawrence the Martyr | Mrs. Dianna Mendoza sageram@aol.com | Spanish | |
NORTH HIGHLANDS – St. Lawrence the Martyr | Mr. Paul Mendoza gnydozer@gmail.com | Spanish | |
OROVILLE – St. Thomas the Apostle | Mrs. Marta Martinez-Topete martaoctaviotopete88@gmail.com | Spanish | |
PARADISE - St. Thomas More | Mrs. Deon Mangan deonmangan@gmail.com (530) 518-1941 | ||
PARADISE - St. Thomas More | Deacon Mike Mangan mikermangan@gmail.com (530) 518-3697 | ||
PLACERVILLE – St. Patrick | Ms. Ann-Marie Davis bearstate9321@gmail.com | ||
PLACERVILLE – St. Patrick | Deacon Brian Smith brilion63@aol.com | ||
RED BLUFF – Sacred Heart | Ms. Rachel Martinez rachelfamilia51@gmail.com | ||
REDDING – Our Lady of Mercy | Deacon Jose Ceja joseceja82@yahoo.com | Spanish | |
REDDING - St. Joseph | Rev. Eric Lofgren freric@saintjosephredding.org | ||
RIO VISTA – St. Joseph | Mrs. Annie Quihuiz annie.quihuiz@gmail.com | ||
RIO VISTA – St. Joseph | Mr. Mike Quihuiz quuihuizmichael@gmail.com | ||
ROCKLIN – SS. Peter & Paul | Deacon David Haproff dahaproff@hotmail.com | ||
ROCKLIN – SS. Peter & Paul | Mrs. Leslie Kolb cmejeep3@yahoo.com | ||
ROCKLIN - SS. Peter & Paul | Deacon Bob Leathers bob.leathers@rocklincatholic.org (650) 281-9650 | ||
ROCKLIN – SS. Peter & Paul | Mr. Edwin Solis emsolis@icloud.com | ||
ROSEVILLE – St. Clare | Deacon Carl Kube carlk@stclareroseville.org | ||
ROSEVILLE - St. Rose of Lima | Mrs. Nikki Rengstorff nikki@rengstorff.com (916) 872-5054 | Spanish | |
SACRAMENTO – Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament | Ms. Titi Kila tkila@cathedralsacramento.org | Fijian | |
SACRAMENTO – Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament | Mr. John Picone john.cbsadvocate@gmail.com | ||
SACRAMENTO – Immaculate Conception | Deacon Jerry Pauly geraldpauly@immaculateconceptionsacramento.org | ||
SACRAMENTO – Our Lady of Guadalupe | Deacon Alfredo Anguiano alfredoanguiano58@yahoo.com | Spanish | |
SACRAMENTO – Our Lady of Guadalupe | Ms. Lourdes Castellanos lcastellanos@shrinegpe.org | Spanish | |
SACRAMENTO – Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Ms. Diane Anderson DKAnderson82@gmail.com | ||
SACRAMENTO – Sacred Heart | Ms. Anne Marie Flaherty annemarieflaherty49@gmail.com | ||
SACRAMENTO – Sacred Heart | Ms. Marti Geiger annulmentshc@yahoo.com | ||
SACRAMENTO – St. Ignatius Loyola | Ms. Jean Nelson jnelson@stignatiussac.org | ||
SACRAMENTO - St. Ignatius Loyola | Mrs. Audra Wake audra@thewakefamily.com (916) 233-7191 | ||
SACRAMENTO – St. Mary | Mrs. Michelle Mills momills14@gmail.com | ||
SACRAMENTO – St. Paul | Deacon Antonio Ramirez ramirez8@comcast.net | Spanish | |
SACRAMENTO – St. Peter & All Hallows | Deacon Manuel Ocon manuelocon2551@yahoo.com | Spanish | |
SACRAMENTO – Vietnamese Martyrs | Mr. Do Nguyen doxuan318@yahoo.com | Vietnamese | |
SACRAMENTO - Vietnamese Martyrs | Deacon Phong Nguyen pnguyenp@gmail.com (916) 416-6735 | Vietnamese | |
SACRAMENTO - Vietnamese Martyrs | Deacon Ted Nguyen tedd_nguyen@yahoo.com (916) 837-6501 | Vietnamese | |
SACRAMENTO - Vietnamese Martyrs | Deacon Henry Tran cursillista.hoangtran@gmail.com (916) 869-6615 | Vietnamese | |
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - St. Theresa | Rev. Joseph Sebastian frjoestc@tahoecatholic.com | ||
SUSANVILLE - Sacred Heart | Rev. Manny Rodriguez
| Spanish | |
TRAVIS AFB – Sacred Heart | Rev. Jeffrey Henry revmanalive@gmail.com | ||
VACAVILLE – St. Joseph | Mrs. Rebecca "Becky" Dela Cruz rollybecky@aol.com | ||
VACAVILLE – St. Joseph | Mr. Rolando "Rolly" Dela Cruz rollybecky01@comcast.net | ||
VACAVILLE – St. Joseph | Mrs. Carol Lee seasolitude18@gmail.com | ||
VACAVILLE – St. Joseph | Rev. Joshy Mathew fr.joshy@stjoseph-vacaville.org | ||
VACAVILLE – St. Joseph | Deacon Scott Sexton deaconscott@stjoseph-vacaville.org | ||
VACAVILLE – St. Joseph | Mr. Dennis Tremethick dtremethick@gmail.com | ||
VACAVILLE – St. Joseph | Mrs. Edith Tremethick etremethick@gmail.com- | ||
VACAVILLE – St. Mary | Mr. Wyman Adcock wymanadcock@gmail.com | ||
VACAVILLE – St. Mary | Mrs. Elizabeth Belo ebelofc@yahoo.com | ||
VACAVILLE – St. Mary | Ms. Alicia Carrazco alicia@stmarysvacaville.com | ||
VALLEJO – St. Basil the Great | Mrs. Myrna Martinez myserenity21@gmail.com | ||
VALLEJO – St. Basil the Great | Rev. Ambrose Ugwuegbu fatheramby@gmail.com | ||
VALLEJO – St. Basil the Great | Deacon Casey Walker, Jr. deacon.casey@stbasilvallejo.org | ||
VALLEJO – St. Catherine of Siena | Rev. Jose Estaniel, MSP joseestaniel56@icloud.com | ||
VALLEJO – St. Catherine of Siena | Ms. Reanah Manalansan reanahm7@gmail.com | ||
VALLEJO – St. Catherine of Siena | Deacon Dennis Purificacion dpurificacion@stcsv.org | ||
VALLEJO – St. Vincent Ferrer | Mrs. Joyce Arguelles joyrguelles@yahoo.com | ||
VALLEJO – St. Vincent Ferrer | Mr. Ramon "Chito" Arguelles carguell@yahoo.com | ||
VALLEJO – St. Vincent Ferrer | Mrs. Grace Camaya gracecamaya@att.net | ||
VALLEJO – St. Vincent Ferrer | Mr. Marcelo Camaya marcelo.camaya@yahoo.com | ||
VALLEJO – St. Vincent Ferrer | Ms. Jocelyn Legaspi ifclegaspi@gmail.com | ||
WALNUT GROVE – St. Anthony | Rev. Edgardo J. Garcia Velazquez reved52@gmail.com | ||
WEAVERVILLE - St. Patrick | Ms. Anne Lagorio annelagorio@gmail.com (530) 227-8300 | ||
WEAVERVILLE - St. Patrick | Rev. Steven Wood fr_steven_wood@zoho.com | ||
WEST SACRAMENTO – Holy Cross | Ms. Lupe Cano lupe-cano@sbcglobal.net | ||
WEST SACRAMENTO – Our Lady of Grace | Deacon David Campbell deacondavidcampbell@gmail.com | ||
WEST SACRAMENTO – Our Lady of Grace | Mrs. Maureen Girard girardwest@gmail.com | ||
WEST SACRAMENTO – Our Lady of Grace | Ms. Judy King judyking6220@gmail.com | ||
WILLIAMS - Sacred Heart | Mrs. Norma "Lillian" Tatar olivares_norma@yahoo.com | ||
WINTERS - St. Anthony | Mrs. Marisela Garcia mgarcia@sa.sm.org | ||
WOODLAND - Holy Rosary | Ms. Rocio Meraz fhlpax@hotmail.com | Spanish | |
YREKA – St. Joseph | Rev. Dean Marshall frdeanmarshall@gmail.com | ||
YREKA – St. Joseph | Mr. Richard Svilich rsvilich@gmail.com | ||
YREKA – St. Joseph | Mrs. Sharon Svilich ssvilich@gmail.com |