Father Ariel Bautista, Jr. has joined our team as our Parochial Vicar. Fr. Ariel was ordained on June 19, 2021 by Bishop Checchio at the Blue Army Shrine in Asbury, New Jersey, and was assigned to Immaculate Conception for his first assignment as a priest.
 
Fr. Ariel was born and raised in the Philippines. He studied Classical Philosophy at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary College Seminary, Lucban, Quezon, Philippines, and entered St. Alphonsus School of Theology, in Lucena City, Quezon, Philippines for two years. Fr. Ariel applied and was accepted to study for the Diocese of Metuchen and entered Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University. He is the third of five children, with three brothers and a sister. His family resides in Flemington.