FATHER Cesar Pajarillo Jr. is currently serving as Parochial Vicar at St. John Nuemann Church in St. Charles, IL.
Pajarillo is among the 12 Filipino priests serving in different capacities as pastors, parochial administrators and associate pastors in the Rockford Diocese.
His first assignment right after ordination was St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Crystal Lake, IL as one of the Parochial Vicars (Associate Pastor).
He was assigned in the summer of 2006 by Most Reverend Thomas G. Doran, Bishop of Rockford as Parochial Vicar at St. John Neumann Catholic Church and was tasked to teach theology at St. Edward’s Catholic School.
On March 13, 2009, Bishop Thomas G. Doran appointed Fr. Pajarillo as Parochial Administrator of Saint Rita Catholic Church in Aurora, IL.
Born in Laguna, Philippines, Pajarillo, Jr. was raised in Marikina, Metro Manila. He received a degree in Sacred Theology from the Universitas Pontificia
Urbaniana in the Vatican and a Master’s Degree in Divinity from Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, according to his bio.
Aside from serving as parochial vicar at St. John Nuemann Church, he also teaches Morality and Church History at Marian Central Catholic High School.
According to his bio, Pajarillo enjoys building computers and communicating around the world with his radio transmitters. One of the first things he did
upon arriving in the US was to secure an amateur radio operator’s license, which the FCC granted him after passing the required examinations.
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