“My dreams are but a shadow of God’s dreams for me,” says Fr. Rolly Astudillo. This has become his motto since his ordination to the priesthood on November 8, 1989 in the province of Ifugao in the Mountain Region of the Cordilleras, northern part of the Philippines.
Fr. Rolly was born the second eldest in the family, he has an older sister, a younger brother and four other sisters. He lost his father when he was barely 16 years old.
His first assignment as a priest was as Youth Director of the Mountain Provinces with Baguio City as his base. Four years after, he was assigned to different parishes ending with the Community of Lepanto Mines in Benguet Province.
In 2006, he came to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and was assigned as Associate Pastor of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Montebello for 4 years, then as Associate Pastor of St. Mary’s in Palmdale. In 2012, he was named Parish Administrator of Our Lady of Lourdes here in Tujunga and eventually made Pastor on July 1, 2015.
Father Rolly has been extended as pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes from June 6th 2021 for another 6 years.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Council 4438 