Some 60 men who have completed a formation process in the Santa Barbara Region will be ordained to the permanent diaconate June 16.

The men, representing parishes from throughout Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, will be ordained by Cardinal Roger Mahony during an afternoon liturgy at Santa Barbara City College.

Next week, The Tidings will feature photos of the men, their wives and their ordination Mass. The new deacons are:

Anselmo Aguirre, Genaro Aispuro, Mark Banda, Henry Barajas, Jr., John Barry, Michael Betliskey, Raul Blanco, Luis Cabello, Rodolfo Cabello, Gregory Calderon, Ricardo Copon, Jr., Gilberto Fermin, Louis Fernandez, Fernando Flores and José Gallardo.

George Garcia, José Godinez, Arturo Gonzalez, John Harper, Michael Holguin, Ignacio Ixta, Ernesto Juarez, Vincent Kelch, Joseph Kennedy, Neil Kingsley, Teodoro Landeros, Walter Lauderdale, Francisco Lopez, Lawrence Lopez and Aurelio Macias.

Dante Manalo, Alejandro Marron, Kevin Mauch, Alfonso Mendez, Stephen Montross, Ronald Moon, Noe Morales, Donald Pinedo, José Ramirez, Dano Ramos, Jack Redmond, Arnold Reyes, Alberto Rodriguez, Jorge Rodriguez and Randal Saake.

Roy Sadowski, Christopher Sandner, Lawrence Siegel, David Smith, William Smith, Francisco Solano, Richard Stalder, Joseph Torti, Jose Trujillo, Roberto Valdez, Ray Vasquez, Jr., Shawn Vedro, Anh Vu, Charles Wessler and William Wilson.