Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General, announces the following priest appointments made by Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, effective Saturday, July 14, 2018, unless otherwise specifically stated, and announced at weekend Masses of Saturday and Sunday, May 12 and May 13, 2018.
• Rev. Fr. Michael Resop, from parochial administrator, St. Stephen Parish, Clinton, remaining as pastor, Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, Beloit.
• Rev. Msgr. Daniel Ganshert, V.F., to pastor, St. Stephen Parish, Clinton, per canon 522, for a term of six years with the possibility of renewal, from pastor, St. Joseph Parish, Dodgeville, and from Vicar Forane of the Lafayette Vicariate Forane, due to no longer holding an office for the care of souls in the Lafayette Vicariate Forane.
• Rev. Fr. Stephen Petrica, V.F., to Vicar Forane of the Lafayette Vicariate Forane, per canon 554, remaining as pastor, St. Bernadette Parish, Ridgeway.
• Rev. Fr. Tafadzwa Kushamba, to pastor, St. Joseph Parish, Dodgeville, per canon 522, for a term of six years with the possibility of renewal, from parochial administrator, Our Lady of the Lake Parish, Green Lake.
• Rev. Fr. Michelu Ragola, to parochial administrator, Our Lady of the Lake Parish, Green Lake, per canon 539, as an extern priest from the Diocese of Nellore, India.
• Rev. Fr. Robert Evenson, remaining as parochial administrator, St. Maria Goretti Parish, Madison, per canon 539, as an extern priest from the Archdiocese of Seattle.
• Rev. Fr. Marcin Kordel, CRL, to a monastery novitiate in the United States, at his own request with the permission of his Superior of the Religious Institute of the Canons Regular of the Lateran, from parochial administrator, St. Faustina Parish, Pardeeville, and Holy Family Parish, Markesan.
• Rev. Fr. Mark Miller, to pastor, St. Faustina Parish, Pardeeville, and Holy Family Parish, Markesan, per canon 522, for a term of six years with the possibility of renewal, from parochial vicar, St. Paul University Parish, Madison.
• Rev. Fr. Andrew Showers, to parochial vicar, St. Paul University Parish, Madison, per canon 545, from graduate Licentiate studies in Liturgical Theology while residing at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
• Rev. Fr. Paulraj Sellam Jacob, to parochial vicar, St. John the Baptist Parish, Waunakee, and St. Mary of the Lake Parish, Westport, per canon 545, from parochial administrator, St. John the Baptist Parish, Montello, and Good Shepherd Parish, Westfield.
• Rev. Fr. Savio Yerasani, to parochial administrator, St. John the Baptist Parish, Montello, and Good Shepherd Parish, Westfield, per 539, from parochial vicar, Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Parish, Sun Prairie.
• Rev. Fr. Grant Thies, to parochial vicar, Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Parish, Sun Prairie, per canon 545, effective upon return from studies for the academic year at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, based upon upcoming ordination to the priesthood.
• Rev. Fr. Balaswamy Narisetti, return to priestly ministry in the Diocese of Warangal, India, from parochial vicar, St. Maria Goretti Parish, Madison.
• Rev. Fr. Anthony Thirumalareddy, to parochial vicar, St. Maria Goretti Parish, Madison, per canon 545, as an extern priest from the Diocese of Warangal, India.
• Rev. Fr. James Leeser, to pastor, St. William Parish, Janesville, per canon 522, for a term of six years with the possibility of renewal, from pastor, St. Mary/St. Paul Parish, Mineral Point, and St. Philomena Parish, Belmont.
• Rev. Fr. Joseph Michael Tarigopula, to parochial administrator, St. Mary/St. Paul Parish, Mineral Point, and St. Philomena Parish, Belmont, per canon 539, from pastor, St. Patrick Parish, Cottage Grove.
• Rev. Fr. Brian Dulli, to pastor, St. Patrick Parish, Cottage Grove, per canon 522, for a term of six years with the possibility of renewal, from pastor, St. William Parish, Janesville.
• Rev. Fr. Christopher Gernetzke, to pastor, St. Peter Parish, Ashton, and St. Martin of Tours Parish, Martinsville, per canon 522, from temporary parochial administrator, St. Peter Parish, Ashton, and St. Martin of Tours Parish, Martinsville, and from Priest Secretary and Master of Ceremonies to the Bishop of Madison.
• Rev. Fr. Scott Emerson, to Priest Secretary and Master of Ceremonies to the Bishop of Madison, and part-time canonist, Tribunal of the Diocese of Madison, from graduate Licentiate studies in Canon Law while residing at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
• Rev. Fr. Peter Lee, to parochial vicar, St. Cecilia Parish, Wisconsin Dells, per canon 545, effective upon return from studies for the academic year in Rome, based on upcoming ordination to the priesthood, with subsequent return for the 2017-2018 academic year to continuing Licentiate studies while residing at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
• Rev. Fr. Drew Olson, to parochial vicar, St. Maria Goretti Parish, Madison, per canon 545, effective upon return from studies for the academic year in Rome, based on upcoming ordination to the priesthood, with subsequent return for the 2017-2018 academic year to continuing Licentiate studies while residing at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General, on behalf of Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, also announces the following:
• Rev. Mr. Stephen Brunner, to parish deacon summer assignment, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Monona, based on upcoming ordination to the diaconate.
• Rev. Mr. Lawrence Oparaji, to parish deacon summer assignment, St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Madison, based on upcoming ordination to the diaconate.