Parochial Administrator Fr. Mike Rizzo

I am grateful to Bishop Vann for appointing me Administrator at St. Edward the Confessor Parish and I am thrilled to once again have responsibility for a parish school! Our vibrant, successful school is the envy of all of the other parishes in the Diocese. I firmly believe that Catholic education makes an enormous difference in the lives of our children and the future of our Church.   

For those of you who do not know my background, here are a few highlights. I was born in New York City and attended Catholic elementary and high schools. In 1985, I had the great blessing of marrying Rosemary. Our son, John, was born in 1993. He grew up in Lake Oswego, Oregon and also attended Catholic elementary and high schools. John and his wife, Alexie, reside in San Clemente and have been attending St. Ed’s for the past few years. 

After Rosemary passed away in 2012, I began the difficult task of considering my future without her.  I felt God’s call to the priesthood and was blessed to be accepted as a seminarian for the Diocese of Orange. I was ordained in June 2020 and was assigned to Saints Simon & Jude parish in Huntington Beach where I loved spending time with the faculty and students at SSJ school.  

Thank you for entrusting your children to our faculty and staff. We will do everything possible to ensure their spiritual, academic, and social growth this year.

May God Bless You!

Fr. Mike