Father Richard Barclift, pastor, St. Patrick’s Parish, Andalusia, to senior status and work with Office of Apostolate of the Sea of the United States

Father Anthony Bernas, while remaining parochial vicar, St. Mary’s Parish, Kewanee, to parochial vicar, St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Kewanee

Father Michael Bies, from parochial vicar, St. Mary’s Parish, Pontiac, to administrator, St. Malachy’s Parish, Rantoul

Father Steven Bird, from pastor, St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Kewanee, and Hispanic ministry, to Dominicans

Father Deus Dedit Byabato, while remaining chaplain, OSF St. Mary’s Medical Center, Galesburg, to administrator, St. Aloysius Mission, Wataga*

Father Anthony Co, from parochial vicar, St. Matthew’s Parish, Champaign, and assisting with Hispanic ministry at St. John’s Chapel, Champaign, to assistant chaplain, St. John’s Newman Center, University of Illinois

Father Ron Dodd, from parochial vicar, St. Columba’s Parish, Ottawa, to parochial vicar, Immaculate Conception, St. Stephen’s, St. Anthony of Padua, and St. Casimir’s parishes, Streator

Father Joseph Dondanville, from pastor, St. Patrick’s Parish, Tolono, and chaplain, The High School of Saint Thomas More, Champaign, to pastor, St. Mary’s Parish, Kickapoo

Father Dan Ebker, from parochial vicar, St. Patrick’s and St. Hyacinth’s parishes, and Queen of the Holy Rosary Shrine, LaSalle, to administrator, St. Mary’s Parish, Canton

Father Scott Engelbrecht, from pastor, St. Malachy’s Parish, Rantoul, and St. Elizabeth’s Parish, Thomasboro, to pastor, St. Patrick’s Parish, Andalusia

Msgr. Don Fitzpatrick, from pastor, St. Anthony’s Parish, Atkinson, and vicar, Kewanee Vicariate, to senior status

Father Glenn Fontana, from work outside the diocese, to parochial vicar, Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Nauvoo, Sacred Heart Mission, Dallas City, Immaculate Conception Parish, Carthage, St. Mary’s Mission, West Point, St. Mary’s Mission, Hamilton, and Sacred Heart Parish, Warsaw

Father Henry Fritz, OSB, from pastor, St. Benedict’s, Ladd, to return to St. Bede Abbey

Father Raymond Guthrie, from parochial vicar, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Silvis, and assistant spiritual director, Northwest area TEC, to parochial vicar, St. Columba’s Parish, Ottawa, and faculty, Marquette High School

Msgr. Jerome Ham, from pastor, St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Streator, to pastor, St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Ottawa

Father Joseph Heyd, OSB, from parochial vicar, St. Joseph’s Parish, Peru, to return to St. Bede Abbey

Father Bernard Horzen, OSB, from pastor, St. Thomas More Parish, Dalzell, to return to St. Bede Abbey

Father William Keebler, from assignment out of the diocese, to pastor, St. Patrick’s Parish, Tolono

Father James Kretz, from chaplain, OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, to senior status for medical reasons

Father Steve Loftus, while remaining pastor, St. John the Baptist Parish, Rapids City, and St. Mary’s Mission, Hampton, to part-time faculty, Alleman High School, Rock Island

Father Michael Menner, from pastor, Sacred Heart Parish, Warsaw, and St. Mary’s Mission, Hamilton, to pastor, St. Lawrence Parish, Penfield, and St. Charles Borromeo Mission, Homer

Father Arthur Meyer, from pastor, St. Mary’s Parish, Canton, to senior status and chaplain, King’s House of Retreats and Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Henry, with residence at Immaculate Conception Church, Lacon

Father Gerald Meyer, from pastor, St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Ottawa, to senior status

Father Michael Monclova, from pastor, Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Spring Valley, and St. Gertrude’s Mission, Seatonville, and assisting with local Hispanic needs, to pastor, St. Anthony’s Parish, Atkinson

Father Martin Mwongyera, from parochial vicar, Immaculate Conception Parish, Monmouth, St. Theresa’s Parish, Alexis, and St. Andrew’s Mission, Oquawka, and chaplain, OSF Holy Family Medical Center, Monmouth, to parochial vicar, St. Anthony’s Parish, Spring Valley, Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Spring Valley, St. Joseph’s Parish, Peru, and St. Mary’s Parish, Peru, and associate chaplain, St. Margaret’s Hospital, Spring Valley

Father James Pallardy, while remaining pastor, St. Mary’s Parish, Kewanee, and St. John Vianney Mission, Cambridge, to pastor, St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Kewanee

Msgr. John Prendergast, while remaining pastor, Immaculate Conception and St. Stephen’s parishes, Streator, and administrator, St. Casmir Parish, Streator, to pastor, St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Streator

Father Robert Rayson, while remaining pastor, St. Hyacinth’s and St. Patrick’s parishes, LaSalle, and rector, Queen of the Holy Rosary Shrine, LaSalle, to pastor, St. Thomas More Parish, Dalzell, and St. Benedict’s Parish, Ladd

Father David Richardson, from administrator, St. Philomena’s Parish, Peoria, to pastor, St. Philomena’s Parish, Peoria, and remaining assistant vocations director

Father Patrick Riordan, from pastor, St. Mary’s Parish, Kickapoo, to pastor, St. Mary of the Woods Parish, Princeville

Father Robert Spilman, while remaining pastor, St. Anthony’s and Immaculate Conception parishes, Spring Valley, to pastor, Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Spring Valley, and St. Gertrude’s Parish, Seatonville

Father Dennis Spohrer, from parochial vicar, Holy Cross Parish, Champaign, to administrator, St. Theresa’s Parish, Alexis, and chaplain, OSF Holy Family Medical Center, Monmouth

Father Fredi Gomez Torres, from administrator, Holy Cross Parish, Mendota, and Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Peterstown, to pastor, Holy Cross Parish, Mendota, and Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Peterstown

Father Anthony Trosley, while remaining pastor, Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Nauvoo, Sacred Heart Mission, Dallas City, Immaculate Conception Parish, Carthage, and St. Mary’s Mission, West Point, to pastor, St. Mary’s Mission, Hamilton, and Sacred Heart Parish, Warsaw

Father Paco Trujillo, from residence at Sacre Coeur Church, Creve Coeur, to administrator, St. Mary’s Parish, Moline*

Father Johndamaseni Zilimu, from residence at St. John Newman Center, Champaign, to parochial vicar, Epiphany Parish, Normal

Unless otherwise noted, all appointments will be effective Wednesday, June 17, 2009.

*These appointments were effective April 1, 2009.

Father Robert Lampitt, from studies in Rome, to parochial vicar, St. Matthew’s Parish, Champaign, and chaplain, The High School of Saint Thomas More, Champaign

This appointment will be effective Wednesday, July 15, 2009.