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Official appointments

The Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight, Bishop of Jefferson City, hereby makes the following appointments to provide the most effective pastoral care of the Diocese of Jefferson City:

PRIESTS

REVEREND MARK S. SMITH, JCL, granted a leave of absence for reasons of health from pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul Parish, Boonville and St. Joseph Parish, Pilot Grove, effective immediately.

REVEREND PAULINUS C. ANEKE, PhD, from associate pastor of St. Thomas More Newman Center, Columbia to temporary parochial administrator of Ss. Peter and Paul Parish, Boonville and St. Joseph Parish, Pilot Grove, effective 12 February 2023 and until the pastor is available to resume his duties.  

Given at the Chancery in Jefferson City this 20th day of January in the Year of our Lord 2023.

Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight, STD
Bishop of Jefferson City

Mr. Ben Roodhouse, JD, JCL
Chancellor