Clergy appointments – Diocese of Peoria
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has announced the following new assignments for priests in the Diocese of Peoria.
SENIOR STATUS
Msgr. Charles J. Beebe, P.A., from pastor, St. Joseph Parish, Roanoke, and St. John Parish, Benson, to senior status
Father Donald R. Henderson, from parochial vicar, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sacred Heart Parish, and St. Bernard Parish, all in Peoria, to senior status
Msgr. James J. Swaner, from pastor, St. Mary Parish, Utica, to senior status
NEW ASSIGNMENTS
Father Jean de Dieu Ahorloo, SMA, from assignment within his religious community to parochial vicar, Christ the King Parish, Moline
Father Joseph A. Baker, from parochial vicar, St. Mary Parish, Champaign, and St. Patrick Parish, Urbana, to parochial vicar, St. Mary Parish, Bloomington
Father Paul R. Carlson, from parochial vicar, St. Hyacinth Parish, St. Patrick Parish, and Queen of the Holy Rosary Shrine, all in LaSalle, to administrator, Nativity of Our Lord Parish, Spring Valley
Father Anthony W. Co, from pastor, St. Patrick Parish, Andalusia, and sacramental care, Augustana College, to pastor, St. Mary Parish, Rock Island, and Sacred Heart Parish, Rock Island
Father Jeremy M. Freehill, from parochial vicar, St. Pius X Parish, Rock Island, and chaplain team, Alleman High School, Rock Island, to chaplain, Alleman High School, Rock Island, and sacramental care, Augustana College, Rock Island, with residence at St. Mary Parish, Rock Island
Father Daniel P. Gifford, from assistant chaplain, St. John Catholic Newman Center, Champaign, to parochial vicar, St. Mark Parish, Peoria, and assistant chaplain, St. Joseph Catholic Newman Center, Peoria
Father Neri Greskowiak, OFM, from parochial vicar, St. Mary Parish, Bloomington, to a return to his religious community
Father Timothy D. Hepner, while remaining vocation director for recruitment, change in residence from Zube House, Peoria, to in residence at St. Mary Parish, Bloomington
Father Chase M. Hilgenbrinck, from parochial vicar, St. Mary Parish, Moline, St. Anne Parish, East Moline, and chaplain team, Alleman High School, Rock Island, to assistant chaplain, St. John Catholic Newman Center, Champaign
Father Geoffrey Horton, from parochial vicar, St. Mark Parish, Peoria, and assistant chaplain, St. Joseph Catholic Newman Center, Peoria, to parochial vicar, Holy Family Parish, Lincoln; St. Mary Parish, Atlanta; St. Patrick Parish, Elkhart; and St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Mt. Pulaski
Msgr. Gregory K. Ketcham, while remaining pastor, St. Patrick Church of Merna, Bloomington, and St. Mary Parish, Downs, to relinquishing duties with the sacramental team serving St. John Paul II Catholic Newman Center, Normal
Father Charles Klamut, from pastor, St. Ambrose Parish, Milan, and chaplain team, Alleman High School, Rock Island, to pastor, St. Ambrose Parish, Milan, and St. Patrick Parish, Andalusia
Father Anthony Mutio, from the Diocese of Kitui, Kenya, to parochial vicar, St. Joseph Parish, Pekin
Father John Bosco Mujuni, from parochial vicar, St. Ann Parish, Peoria, to parochial vicar, St. Patrick Parish, Andalusia, and St. Ambrose Parish, Milan
Father Gregory E. Nelson, from pastor, St. Paul Parish, Danville, to pastor, St. Mary Parish, Bloomington
Father James T. Pankiewicz, from assistant chaplain, St. John Catholic Newman Center, Champaign, to parochial vicar, St. Mary Cathedral, St. Bernard Parish, and Sacred Heart Parish, all in Peoria
Father Peter A. Pilon, from pastor, St. Patrick Parish, Wapella, and chaplain, Central Catholic High School, Bloomington, to pastor, Holy Cross Parish, Mendota; Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Peterstown; and St. Theresa Parish, Earlville
Father John Pham, from parochial vicar, Holy Family Parish, Lincoln; St. Mary Parish, Atlanta; St. Patrick Parish, Elkhart; and St. Thomas, Mt. Pulaski, to parochial vicar, St. Mary Parish, Champaign, and St. Patrick Parish, Urbana
Father Scott D. Potthoff, from parochial vicar, St. Joseph Parish, Pekin, to parochial vicar, St. Pius X Parish, Rock Island
Father Eugene A. Radosevich, while remaining pastor, St. Luke Parish, Eureka, and chaplain, Salve Regina Catholic Newman Center, to pastor, St. Joseph Parish, Roanoke, and St. John Parish, Benson
Father Donald F. Roszkowski, from pastor, St. Mary Parish, El Paso, to administrator, St. Ann Parish, Peoria
Father Joseph Santa-Bibiana, SDB, from parochial vicar, Holy Cross Parish, Champaign, and Spanish ministry, St. Malachy Parish, Rantoul, to a return to his religious community
Father Ric Schneider, OFM, from pastor, St. Mary Parish, Bloomington, to a return to his religious community
Father Bowan M. Schmitt, from pastor, Holy Cross Parish, Mendota; Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Peterstown; and St. Theresa Parish, Earlville, to pastor, St. Paul Parish, Danville
Father Dustin Schultz, from parochial vicar, St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Peoria, to administrator, St. Patrick Parish, Wapella, and chaplain, Central Catholic High School, Bloomington
Father Deogratias Shimil’lmana, from studies in the Diocese of Davenport to parochial vicar, St. St. Mary Parish Moline, and St. Anne Parish, East Moline
Father Paul Stark, SJ, from sabbatical at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Peoria Heights, to parochial vicar, St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Peoria Heights
Father Johnathan E. Steffen, from parochial vicar, St. Patrick Church of Merna, Bloomington, St. Mary Parish, Downs, and sacramental team at St. John Paul II Catholic Newman Center, Normal, to administrator, St. Mary Parish, El Paso, and chaplain, St. John Paul II Catholic Newman Center, Normal
Father Thomas E. Taylor, from parochial vicar, St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Peoria Heights, to parochial vicar, St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Peoria
Father Jacob C. Valle, from parochial vicar, St. Philomena Parish, Peoria, to parochial vicar, St. Hyacinth Parish, St. Patrick Parish, and Holy Rosary Shrine, all in LaSalle
These appointments take effect at noon on Wednesday, June 8, 2016.