Location

Website: www.miparish.org
Phone: 660-665-2466
Email: secretary@miparish.org
Physical Address: 716 E Washington St, Kirksville MO 63501

Associated Parishes: Novinger
County: Adair
Deanery: North

Staff

Pastor: Rev. Msgr. Marion J. Makarewicz
Deacons: Dr. David D. Ream, OFS;
Christopher A. Korte

About Mary Immaculate

Mary Immaculate Church in Kirksville began as a mission of St. Mary’s Church of Adair, which was in turn the offspring of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Edina, Missouri.

By 1869 or 1870 (the dates are disputed in records) a church had been built, pastored by a Franciscan, Fr. James S. Ryan, who would return to the Kirksville parish later.

The Adair church was taken over in 1880 by Fr. John O’Shea, who came from County Limerick and stayed for twenty-six years.

Parish history is taken from the parish website.