Pastor Assignments: Fr. Eleazar Silva-Galván

Friday, Jul. 28, 2023

Fr. Eleazar Silva-Galván was born and raised in Mexico City. In 1991, he entered Mt. Angel Seminary in Oregon and studied there for four years. He then returned to Mexico City to attend the Universidad La Salle, where he earned a degree in theology. He did post-graduate work at Regina Apostolorum in Rome before being ordained a priest for the Diocese of Papantla by Bishop Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín on April 7, 2001.

After various assignments in the Diocese of Papantla, including serving as a spiritual director and theology professor at the diocesan seminary and sacristan-dean for the Cathedral, he came to the Diocese of Salt Lake City in 2006. His first assignment was as parochial vicar of Saint George Parish in St. George. He also has served at the parishes of St. Francis Xavier in Kearns; the Cathedral of the Madeleine, Sacred Heart and Sts. Peter and Paul, all in Salt Lake City; St. James the Just in Ogden and St. Francis of Assisi in Orem. He was incardinated into the Diocese of Salt Lake City in 2011. On Aug. 2 he will begin his new assignment as pastor of St. Joseph the Worker Parish in West Jordan.

I like art a lot and music. 

I am looking forward to the community, everything about the community, to continue with the community, building it up. I am looking forward to getting to know the congregation better.

I have not experienced significant challenges up to now.

Confession and doing the jail ministry. You see how the grace of God works at the prison when they come to Confession.