News

I am pleased to announce that the Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight, STD, Bishop of Jefferson City, has recently made the following appointments to provide the most effective pastoral care of the Diocese of Jefferson City:

PRIESTS

• VERY REVEREND CHRISTOPHER L. CORDES, appointed to the Helias Catholic High School Board of Directors for a term of two years, effective 3 May 2024.
• VERY REVEREND ROBERTO M. IKE, PhD, appointed to the Fr. Augustine Tolton Regional Catholic High School Board of Directors for a term of two years, effective 30 April 2024.

SISTERS

• SR. RUTH ANN KLAUSER, SSND, of Mary Immaculate Parish in Kirksville, appointed to the Diocesan Pastoral Council as the Consecrated Religious representative for a term of three years, effective 1 May 2024.

LAITY

• MR. JUSTIN FRANCKA, of St. Thomas More Newman Center in Columbia, appointed to the Diocesan Pastoral Council as the Newman Center representative for a term of two years, effective 4 May 2024.
• MRS. RUTH HUGHES, of Immaculate Conception Parish in Macon, appointed to the Diocesan Pastoral Council as a representative of the North Deanery for a term of three years, effective 1 July 2024.
• MR. CRAIG HUSTING, appointed as a board member of the Preservation Fund of St. Joseph Cathedral for a term of three years, effective 21 March 2024.
• MRS. ELIZABETH JAMES, of St. Martin Parish in St. Martins, appointed to the Diocesan Pastoral Council as a representative of the See City Deanery for a term of three years, effective 1 July 2024.
• MR. KENT KORTHAS, of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Pettis County, reappointed to the Diocesan Pastoral Council as a representative of the Southwest Deanery for an additional term of three years, effective 1 May 2024.
• MR. RUSSELL KREMER, of Our Lady Help of Christians Parish in Frankenstein, reappointed to the Diocesan Pastoral Council as a representative of the Southeast Deanery for an additional term of one year, effective 30 April 2024.
• MR. LUKE PRENGER, appointed as a board member of the Preservation Fund of St. Joseph Cathedral for a term of three years, effective 21 March 2024.
• MR. JONATHAN PUND, of the Cathedral of St. Joseph Parish in Jefferson City, appointed to the Diocesan Pastoral Council as a representative of the See City Deanery for a term of three years, effective 30 April 2024.
• MRS. SHERI STORMER, of Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Vienna, reappointed to the Diocesan Pastoral Council as a representative of the Southeast Deanery for an additional term of one year, effective 30 April 2024.
• MRS. KELLY WHEELER, of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Columbia, reappointed to the Diocesan Pastoral Council as a representative of the Central Deanery for an additional term of three years, effective 30 April 2024.

From the Office of the Chancellor,
Mr. Benjamin Roodhouse, JD, JCL
Chancellor