Our Priests
Parish Location/City : St. Peter, Fulton; St. Jude Thaddeus, Mokane
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email Address: jabah@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 642-5562
Parish Location/City : Columbia VA & Hospital Ministry
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Chaplain
Email Address: oadejoh@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 819-1872
Parish Location/City: St. Peter, Jefferson City
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Senior Associate Pastor; Hispanic Ministry
Email Address: talber@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 721-1231
Parish Location/City: St Anthony Parish, Camdenton
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Parochial Administrator
Email Address: paneke@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 346-2716
Parish Location/City: St. Vincent de Paul, Sedalia
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Associate Pastor
Email: canicama@diojeffcity.org
Phone: 660-827-2311
Email Address: dantweiler@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 690-5818
Parish Location/City: St. Lawrence, St. Elizabeth; St. Anthony, St. Anthony
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Parochial Administrator
Email Address: caubuchon@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 493-2301
Parish Location/City: St. Thomas More Newman Center, Columbia
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Associate Pastor
Email Address: aauer@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 449-5424
Parish Location/City: St. Peter, Jefferson City
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Associate Pastor; Head Master of Ceremonies to the Bishop; Adjutant Judicial Vicar, Marriage Tribunal
Email: bberhorst@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 445-7915
Email Address: wboyer@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 437-3086
Work Assignment: Temporary Leave
Email: gbrooke@diojeffcity.org
Parish Location/City:
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Diocesan Vocation Director; Director of Seminiarians; Chaplain at Helias Catholic High School; Moderator of Youth and Young Adult Ministry
Email Address: pclark@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 635-9127
Parish Location/City : Holy Spirit, Centralia; Part-time Chaplain at Fr. Augustine Tolton Catholic High School
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Teens Encounter Christ Spiritual Director
Email Address: mcoleman@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 682-2815
Parish Location/City : Our Lady of Lourdes, Columbia
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Vicar for Priests
Email Address: ccordes@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 445-7915
Parish Location/City : St. Vincent de Paul, Sedalia
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Vicar for Prison Ministry; Dean of Southwest Deanery
Email address: jcorel@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (660) 827-2311
Parish Location/City: St. Margaret of Antioch, Osage Bend; St. Stanislaus, Wardsville
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email Address: dcox@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 636-4925
Parish Location/City : Holy Family, Freeburg; Sacred Heart, Rich Fountain
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email Address: wdebo@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 744-5254
Ordination Year: 2005 (Diocese of Orlu, Nigeria)
Parish Location/City: St. Patrick Parish, Jonesburg; Immaculate Conception, Montgomery City
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Parochial Administrator
Email Address: edike@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 564-2375
Parish Location/City: St. Martin, St. Martins
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor, Chairman of the Diocesan Building Commission, Dean of the See City Deanery
Email Address: jdoke@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 893-2923
Parish Location/City : Volunteer Sacramental Minister of St. Mary, Milan; St. Mary, Unionville
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Priest in Service to Hispanic Ministry
Email: pdolan@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 353-3726
Ordination Year: 1972
Phone: (573) 594-6636
Email: ldorn@diojeffcity.org
Email: pdowling@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 606-9130
Parish Location/City St. Peter, Marshall; St. Joseph, Slater
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Diocesan Moderator of Marriage and Family Life
Email Address: fdoyle@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 443-3470
Parish Location/City : St. Joseph Parish, Fayette; St. Mary Parish, Glasgow
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Parochial Administrator
Email Address: jduncan@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (660) 338-2053
Parish Location/City: Sacred Heart, Eldon; Our Lady of Snows, Mary's Home
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor & Administrator
Email Address: aekka@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 392-5334
Email: felskamp@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 434-6512
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Leave of absence for further studies in canon law
Email Address: setonu@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (660) 397-2183
Parish Location/City: St. Michael, Kahoka; Shrine of St. Patrick, St. Patrick; St. Joseph, Canton; Queen of Peace, Ewing
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor & Adminstrator
Email Address: rfields@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (660) 727-3472
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Senior Priest in Residence; Volunteer Hospital Ministry, Jefferson City; Weekend Supply Priest
Parish Location/City : Our Lady of Lourdes, Columbia
Email Address: mflanagan@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 445-7915
Parish Location/City: Immaculate Conception, Jefferson City
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Diocesan Moderator of Spiritual Formation
Email: mflatley@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 635-6143
Email: rfrank@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (660) 342-0834
Parish Location/City : St. George, Linn; Our Lady Help of Christians, Frankenstein
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Diocesan Moderator of Catholic Rural Life
Email Address: cfranklin@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 897-2293
Parish Location/City: Holy Family, Hannibal; St. Joseph, Palmyra
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email: agabriel@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 221-1078
Email: kgormley@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (660) 631-6290
Email Address: bgriffey@diojeffcity.org
Phone: 573-265-7250
Address: 1425 Sunset Lake Rd, Apt 3, Jefferson City, MO 65109-2464
Parish Location/City : St. William, Perry; St. Frances Cabrini, Paris
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email: jhenderson@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 565-2852
Parish Location/City: Sacred Heart, Columbia
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Judicial Vicar
Email: ghigley@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 443-3470
Email: jhoi@diojeffcity.org
Ordination Year: 2021
Parish Location/City: St. Joseph Parish, Martinsburg; Sacred Heart Parish, Vandalia; Mission of St. John, Laddonia
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Parochial Administrator
Email: dhooper@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 445-7915
Ordination Year: 2006 (Diocese of Okigwe, Nigeria)
Parish Location/City: St. Bonaventure, Marceline; St. Joseph Mission, Hurricane Branch; St. Raphael, Indian Grove; Immaculate Conception, Brookfield
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Parochial Administrator; Sacramental Minister
Email: pihediohamma@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (660) 376-3239
Parish Location/City: St. Andrew, Holts Summit & Lincoln University, Jefferson City
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor, Dean for Missionary Priests
Email: rike@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 896-5010
Parish Location/City: Helias Catholic High School, Jefferson City
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Director of Stewardship
Email: sjones@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 635-9127
Ordination Year: 1996
Phone: (417) 852-4601
Email: pjones@diojeffcity.org
Email: rjudge@diojeffcity.org
Email:gkaimann@diojeffcity.org
Phone: 660-591-6506
Parish Location/City: St. George Parish, Hermann; Church of the Risen Savior Parish, Rhineland; Immaculate Conception Parish, Owensville; St. Alexander Parish, Belle
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Associate Pastor
Email: pkane@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 492-6595
Ordination Year: 2005 (Archdiocese of Kampala, Uganda)
Parish Location/City: Our Lady of Lourdes, Columbia
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Associate Pastor
Email: skanyike@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 636-8159
Parish Location/City: St. Joseph Parish, Edina and St. John Parish, Memphis
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Temporary Parochial Administrator
Email: wkispotta@diojeffcity.org
Parish Location/City: St. Cornelius, Crocker, St. Theresa, Dixon
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email: wkorte@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 759-7521
Email: gkramer@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 338-3229
Parish Location/City : St. Michael, Russellville
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Vicar General
Email: rkurwicki@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 635-9127
Parish Location/City : Cathedral of St. Joseph, Jefferson City (in residence)
Email: dlammers@diojeffcity.org
Parish Location/City: Holy Cross, Cuba; St. Francis Caracciolo, Bourbon; & St. Michael, Steelville
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email: danlueckenotte@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 836-3336
Ordination Year: 2002 (Archdiocese of Kampala, Uganda)
Parish Location/City: Cathedral of St. Joseph (Jefferson City)
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Associate pastor; Moderator of Youth and Young Adult Ministry
Email:jluzindana@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 635-7991
Parish Location/City: Mary Immaculate, Kirksville; Kirksville Newman Center, Mission of St. Rose of Lima, Novinger; St. Mary Parish (Milan); Mission of St. Mary (Unionville)
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email: mmakarewicz@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: 573-635-2241
Email: tmcgrath@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 761-0454
Parish Location/City : Most Pure Heart of Mary, Chamois; Assumption, Morrison
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Parochial Administrator
Email: dmeans@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 763-5345
Email: imedina@diojeffcity.org
Parish Location/City: St. Thomas Newman Center, Columbia
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Vicar for the Permanent Diaconate; Chair, Diocesan Liturgical Commission
Email: dmerz@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 449-5424
Parish Location/City: St. Patrick, Rolla; St. Anthony, Rosati; Immaculate Conception, St. James
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Marriage Encounter Spiritual Director; Dean of Southeast Deanery
Email: gmeystrik@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 364-1435
Parish Location/City: St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Thomas & St. Cecilia, Meta
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email: lmukiibi@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 477-3315
Parish Location/City: St. Jude, Richland; St. Robert Bellarmine, St. Robert
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email: mmurphy@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 336-3662
Parish Location/City : Cathedral of St. Joseph, Jefferson City
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Dean of See City Deanery
Email: lnelen@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 635-7991
Parish Location/City: St. Alexander, Belle; Immaculate Conception, Owensville; St. George, Hermann; Church of the Risen Savior, Rhineland; Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows and St. Martin Chapel, Starkenburg
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Rector
Email: pniekamp@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 486-2723
Parish Location/City:
Chancery Office/Work: Fr. Tolton Catholic High School; St. Thomas More Newman Center
Assignment: Chaplain; Priest in residence
Email: inimwesiga@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 449-5424
Parish Location/City: St. Ann, Warsaw; St. Bernadette, Hermitage; Mission of SS Peter and Paul, Cole Camp
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email: bnwosu@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (660) 438-3844
Parish Location/City: St. Boniface, Brunswick; St. Joseph, Salisbury; St. Mary of the Angels, Wien
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email: bnzabonimpa@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (660) 548-3267
Parish Location/City: St. Joseph, Canton; Queen of Peace, Ewing
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Chaplain JCCC
Email: cokoroji@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 288-3198
Parish Location/City: St. Stephen, Indian Creek; Holy Rosary, Monroe City
Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Cursillo Movement Spiritual Director; Dean of Central Deanery
Email: goligschlaeger@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 735-4718
Ordination Year: 2014 (Diocese of Okigwe, Nigeria)
Parish Location/City: Immaculate Conception, Jefferson City
Office/Work Assignment: Associate Pastor
Email: aonyeihe@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 635-6143
Parish Location/City: Immaculate Conception, Macon; Mission of Sacred Heart, Bevier; St. Mary, Shelbina; St. Patrick, Clarence
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email: bpeckman@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (660) 385-3792
Ordination Year: 2003 ![]()
Parish Location/City: Our Lady of the Lake, Lake Ozark
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Bishop's Delegate for the Cause of Canonization of Fr. Tolton
Email: mpenn@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 365-2241
Ministry Location: Hospital and Prison Ministry
Email: mporterfield@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 395-4401
Parish Location/City : Holy Rosary, Monroe City
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Engaged Encounter Spiritual Director
Email: mquinn@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 735-6122
Parish Location/City : San Antonio, TX
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Service to the Archdiocese for the Military Services
Email: nreid@diojeffcity.org
Parish Location/City : Immaculate Conception, Loose Creek, St. Louis of France, Bonnots Mill
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email: arinaldo@diojeffcity.org
Phone: 573-897-2922
Email: dryan@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (573) 374-6835
Parish Location/City : St. Patrick, Laurie; St. Philip Benizi, Versailles
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email: jschmitz@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 374-7855
Parish Location/City: St. Joseph, Westphalia; St. Anthony of Padua, Folk
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Latinist and Censor Librorum; Moderator for Religious Education; Bishop's Delegate for the celebration of the Mass according to the 1962 Missale Romanum
Email: dschrader@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 455-2320
Parish Location/City : St. Peter, Jefferson City
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Bishop's Delegate for Pipe Organs; Diocesan Building Commission
Email: jsecrist@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 636-8159
Parish Location/City: Ss. Peter and Paul, Boonville; St. Joseph, Pilot Grove
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email: msmith@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (660) 882-6468
Phone: (314) 752-4182
Email: ksteinhauser@diojeffcity.org
Ordination Year: 2000 (Archdiocese of Kottayam, India)
Parish Location/City: St. Pius X, Moberly
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email: jparakkacharuvil@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (660) 263-5243
Parish Location/City : St. Aloysius, Argyle; Holy Guardian Angels, Brinktown; Visitation of Blessed Virgin Mary, Vienna
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Administrator
Email: btigga@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 422-3950
Parish Location/City: St. Clement, St. Clement; St. Joseph, Louisiana; Mission of Mary Queen of Peace, Clarksville
Assignment: Pastor
Email: hussher@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 324-5545
Parish Location/City: St. Francis Xavier, Taos
Assignment: Pastor
Email: kuzuegbu@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 395-4401
Parish Location/City: St. Brendan, Mexico
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor
Email: dveit@diojeffcity.org
Phone #: (573) 581-4720
Parish Location/City: Annunciation, California; St. Andrew, Tipton
Chancery Office/Work Assignment: Pastor; Moderator for Pro-life Ministry
Email: aviviano@diojeffcity.org
Phone: (660)-433-2162
Email: cwiederholt@diojeffcity.org
Phone (573) 636-0262