Kerang Catholic Parishes
Kerang - Cohuna - Pyramid Hill
ABOUT FR. NOVELITO LIM
Fr Dean Bongat, entered the seminary in Mindanao in the southern part of the Philippines, then transferred to Manila where he joined a seminary, then went to university studying Psychology. He worked as a Psychologist in one of the orphanages in Manila, acted as a guidance counsellor in Manila Business College and lectured at the university.
During this time he was the Philippines representative to the World Federation of United Nations Associations. In 2010 went back to the seminary, this time the Lorenzo Mission where he completed his degree in Philosophy and started a degree in Theology.
He then applied for and was accepted as a student for the Diocese of Sandhurst living in Melbourne and studying at Catholic Theological College.
Dean was ordained a deacon on 25th November 2017 at Muntinlupa in the Philippines and ordained a priest on 15th September 2018 at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Bendigo.
Fr. Dean Bongat
Parish Priest
Parish Pastoral Council Members
St. Patrick'S, Kerang
St. Mary's, Cohuna
St. Patrick's, Pyramid Hill
Rev Fr Dean Bongat
Parish Pastoral Council President
Liz Bland
Chairperson
Ken Jenkins
Secretary
Chris Mitchell
St. Joseph's School Principal
Aaron Baulch
Faye Burton
Vin Rankins
Kyra Laughlin
Bernadette McClelland
Dora Jordan
Mike Cummins
Alan Troop
Gerardine Prendergast
Peter Doyle
Chairperson
Kylie Doyle
Secretary
Jarrod Mullavey
St. Mary's School Principal
Bruce Bird
Judy Doyle
Hayden Bird
Rob Shanahan
Betty McLoughlan
Brian McLoughlan
Mick Carmody
Pam Carmody
Carmen Cauchi
Chairperson
Rachel Cain
Secretary
John O'Connor
St. Patrick's School Principal
John Carroll
Marilyn Fernandez
Anne Grogan
Jan Leed
Vincent Bartels
Imelda Ross
Colleen Hampson