News
Notice of Appointment
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENTS
4 May 2026
I am pleased to announce that the Most Reverend Ralph B. O’Donnell, 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 JASON T. DOKE, STL, Dean of the Southeast Deanery, appointed to the
Diocesan Stewardship Council as the priest representative, effective 14 April 2026.
DEACONS
DEACON MICHAEL S. BROOKS, appointed to the Diocesan Stewardship Council as the
deacon representative, effective 14 April 2026.
LAITY
MR. MIKE AULBUR, appointed to the Diocesan Stewardship Council as a school principal
representative, effective 14 April 2026.
MS. GAY ANN CHRISTY, appointed to the Diocesan Stewardship Council as the Southwest
Deanery representative, effective 14 April 2026.
MS. LEIGH ANN GRANT, appointed to the Diocesan Stewardship Council as a school
principal representative, effective 14 April 2026.
MRS. ANN GRAY, appointed to the Diocesan Stewardship Council as the North Deanery
representative, effective 14 April 2026.
MRS. ANNE HACKMAN, appointed to the Diocesan Stewardship Council as the See City
Deanery representative, effective 14 April 2026.
MRS. BARBARA PRASAD, appointed to the Diocesan Stewardship Council, effective 14 April
2026.
MRS. MARY BETH STRASSNER, appointed to the Diocesan Stewardship Council as the
Southeast Deanery representative, effective 14 April 2026.
From the Office of the Chancellor,
Mr. Ben Roodhouse, JD,