News

Reverend Monsignor Robert A. Kurwicki, Diocesan Administrator of Jefferson City, is pleased to announce the following recent appointments, made to provide the most effective pastoral care of the Diocese of Jefferson City:

DEACONS

• REVEREND MISTER JACOB D. HARTMAN, newly ordained, to Spanish language immersion, effective immediately. Thereafter assigned to diaconal ministry assisting Rev. Francis Doyle at St. Peter Parish, Marshall, effective 16 July 2025 and until 4 August 2025 at which time he will return to seminary studies at Mundelein Seminary, Mundelein, IL.
• DEACON KENNETH ARTHUR, newly ordained, to diaconal ministry assisting Rev. Msgr. Gregory Higley at St. Patrick Parish, Rolla, Immaculate Conception Parish, St. James, and St. Anthony Parish, Rosati, effective 7 June 2025.
• DEACON ROBERT CZARNECKI, newly ordained, to diaconal ministry assisting Rev. Msgr. David Cox at St. Stanislaus Parish, Wardsville and St. Margaret of Antioch Parish, Osage Bend, effective 7 June 2025.
• DEACON LOUIE DELK, newly ordained, to diaconal ministry assisting Rev. Stephen Jones at the Cathedral of St. Joseph Parish, Jefferson City, effective 7 June 2025.
• DEACON MICHAEL DORRELL, newly ordained, to diaconal ministry assisting Rev. Paschal Ihediohamma at St. Bonaventure Parish, Marceline, Immaculate Conception Parish, Brookfield, St. Raphael Parish, Indian Grove, and The Mission of St. Joseph, Hurricane Branch, effective 7 June 2025.
• DEACON CHAD FREIE, newly ordained, to diaconal ministry assisting Rev. Henry Ussher at St. Clement Parish, Bowling Green, St. Joseph Parish, Louisiana, and the Mission of Mary Queen of Peace, Clarksville, effective 7 June 2025.
• DEACON DENIS GLADBACH, newly ordained, to diaconal ministry assisting Rev. Stephen Jones at the Cathedral of St. Joseph Parish, Jefferson City, effective 7 June 2025.
• DEACON DWAYNE GOODWIN, OFS, newly ordained, to diaconal ministry assisting Rev. Gregory Meystrik at St. Joseph Parish, Palmyra and Holy Family Parish, Hannibal, effective 7 June 2025.
• DEACON KEITH HENKE, newly ordained, to diaconal ministry assisting Rev. Kelechi Uzuegbu at St. Francis Xavier Parish, Taos, effective 7 June 2025.
• DEACON BRIAN LUTZ, newly ordained, to diaconal ministry assisting Rev. Mark Smith at Ss. Peter & Paul Parish, Boonville and St. Joseph Parish, Pilot Grove, effective 7 June 2025.
• DEACON HARVEY MILLION, JR, newly ordained, to diaconal ministry assisting Rev. Michael Coleman at Holy Spirit Parish, Centralia, effective 7 June 2025.
• DEACON CHARLES OCHOA, newly ordained, to diaconal ministry assisting Rev. Daniel Merz at St. Thomas More Newman Center Parish, Columbia, effective 7 June 2025.
• DEACON JAMES RANGITSCH, JR, newly ordained, to diaconal ministry assisting Rev. Joseph Corel at St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Sedalia, effective 7 June 2025.
• DEACON MARK OLIGSCHLAEGER, newly ordained, to diaconal ministry assisting Rev. Matthew Flatley at Immaculate Conception Parish, Jefferson City, effective 7 June 2025.