The Rev. Samson Ngatia Mukundi will be taking over as pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish this summer.

The McKinley Park neighborhood's Blessed Sacrament Parish announced personnel changes in its April 20, 2025, bulletin , including the departure of current pastor Fr. Ismael Sandoval-Manzo and associate pastor Fr. Deogratia Mbonyumugenzi.

"Fr. Ismael has been transferred to another parish," Mbonyumugenzi writes. "I received a phone call from the bishop of Vicariate II, asking me to accept an assignment as parish administrator of another parish."

Replacing Ismael will be the Rev. Samson N. Mukundi, who will move to Blessed Sacrament Parish this summer after serving as pastor of Jesus, Bread of Life Parish serving Chicago's Palmer Square and Logan Square neighborhoods.

Mukundi will be Blessed Sacrament Parish's pastor beginning July 1, 2025, Mbonyumugenzi wrote. Mbonyumugenzi said his own final masses will take place the weekend of June 1, 2025.