Rev. Augusto “Al” Lorenzo Gamalo, was born in Tacloban City Philippines, one of three children of Castor and Fara Gamalo, Sr. He attended elementary school and high school in Tacloban City before receiving his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Nativity of Our Lady College Seminary in Borongan, Philippines.
He pursued his seminary studies in St. Mary Seminary and University, Baltimore, where he received his master’s degree in divinity and completed his studies in the spring of 2016. Fr. Al was ordanined on June 4, 2016 by Bishop David O'Connell.
His summer assignments have included St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Cinnaminson; St. Catherine Parish, Middletown; Nativity Parish, Fair Haven, and most recently St. Aloysius Parish. He was ordained a transitional deacon in May 2013. Fr. Al joined the Parish of St. Gregory the Great as a parochial vicar in July 2016.