2 New Priests for the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest

Archbishop Raymond L. Burke will ordain two men to the priesthood for the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest at 1 p.m. Friday, June 15, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, Lindell Boulevard and Newstead Avenue in the Central West End.

The men to be ordained are Abbe William Avis and Abbe Matthew Talarico.

This is the first ordination in the United States for members of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, a society of priests founded in Italy in 1990.

The ordination Mass will be a Pontifical Solemn Mass celebrated in the classical Latin rite, or Tridentine rite Roman Mass, the traditional Latin Mass of the Roman Catholic Church.