The Most Reverend John F. Kinney, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, makes the following appointments in the Diocese of Saint Cloud, effective at noon on August 1, 2012:

Deacon Thomas Pinataro to Parish Life Coordinator of the Church of Saint Louis Bertrand, Foreston, and the Church of Saint Mary, Milaca, while continuing as Parish Life Coordinator of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Braham;

Reverend James Remmerswaal, OSC, from pastor of the Church of Saint Louis Bertrand, Foreston, and the Church of Saint Mary, Milaca, to canonical pastor and sacramental minister of the Church of Saint Louis Bertrand, Foreston,and the Church of Saint Mary, Milaca.

Catherine M. Coghlan
Chancellor

Given at the Chancery                                            
Saint Cloud, Minnesota                                          
June 28, 2012

The Most Reverend John F. Kinney, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, makes the following appointment in the Diocese of Saint Cloud effective July 1, 2012, and extending to June 30, 2015:

Reverend Gerald Mischke to Diocesan Spiritual Advisor of the Diocesan

Council of Catholic Women for a three-year term;

The Most Reverend John F. Kinney, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, makes the following appointment in the Diocese of Saint Cloud effective June 3, 2012:

Deacon Michael Keable from active ministry at Church of Saint John the

Baptist, Collegeville, to retirement;

The Most Reverend John F. Kinney, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud,

makes the following appointment in the Diocese of Saint Cloud effective June 30, 2012:

Deacon Frank Schmainda from active ministry at Church of the Sacred

Heart, Glenwood, and the surrounding community, to retirement;

The Most Reverend John F. Kinney, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, makes the following appointment in the Diocese of Cloud effective September 1, 2012:

Deacon Frederick Reker from active ministry at the Church of Saint John

Cantius, the Church of Saint Anthony and the Church of the Holy Spirit,

Saint Cloud, to retirement.

Given at the Chancery                                            Catherine M. Coghlan

Saint Cloud, Minnesota                                          Chancellor

June 18, 2012

The Most Reverend John F. Kinney, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, makes the following appointments in the Diocese of Saint Cloud, effective June 26, 2012:

Reverend Joseph Backowski to parochial vicar of the Church of Saint Michael, Saint Cloud, and the Church of Saint Joseph, Waite Park;

Reverend Gerald Dalseth from pastor of the Church of Saint Michael, Buckman and the Church of Saint Joseph, Pierz, to retirement;

Reverend Jeffrey Ethen from pastor of the Church of Saint Francis de Sales, Belgrade, the Church of Saint Donatus, Brooten, and the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Elrosa, to pastor of the Church of Saint Elizabeth, Elizabeth, and the Church of Saint Leonard of Port Mauritius, Pelican Rapids;

Reverend Joseph Herzing from pastor of the Church of the Holy Cross, Butler, and the Church of Saint Henry, Perham, to pastor of the Church of the Holy Family, Belle Prairie and the Church Our Lady of Lourdes, Little Falls;

Reverend Mark Innocenti from pastor of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Little Falls, and parochial vicar of the Church of the Holy Family, Belle Prairie, to pastor of the Church of Saint Michael, Saint Cloud, and the Church of Saint Joseph, Waite Park;

Reverend Peter Kirchner from pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Glenwood, and the Church of Saint Bartholomew, Villard, to pastor of the Church of Saint Mary of the Presentation, Breckenridge, and the Church of Saint Thomas, Kent;

Reverend John Knopik from parochial vicar of the Church of Saint Andrew, Elk River, to parochial vicar of the Church of All Saints, Holdingford, the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Opole, the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Anna, and the Church of Saint Columbkille, Saint Wendel;

Reverend Benjamin Kociemba, to parochial vicar of the Church of Saint Francis Xavier, Sartell, and chaplain at Cathedral  High School, Saint Cloud;

Reverend Matthew Kuhn, from parochial vicar of the Church of Saint Michael, Saint Cloud, and the Church of Saint Joseph, Waite Park, to pastor of the Church of the Holy Cross, Butler, and the Church of Saint Henry, Perham;

Reverend Nicholas Landsberger from pastor of the Church of the Holy Family, Belle Prairie, while continuing as pastor of the Church of Saint Mary, Little Falls;

Reverend Vincent Lieser from pastor of the Church of Saint Michael, Saint Cloud, and the Church of Saint Joseph, Waite Park, to retirement;

Reverend Gregory Mastey from Vocations Director of the Diocese of Saint Cloud to pastor of the Church of All Saints, Holdingford, the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Opole, the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Anna, and the Church of Saint Columbkille, Saint Wendel;

Reverend Jerome Nordick to parochial vicar of the Church of the Holy Family, Belle Prairie, and the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Little Falls;

Reverend Jeremy Ploof to parochial vicar of the Cathedral of Saint Mary, the Church of Saint Augustine, Saint Cloud, and Christ Church-Newman Center, Saint Cloud;

Reverend Scott Pogatchnik from parochial vicar of the Cathedral of Saint Mary, Saint Cloud, the Church of Saint Augustine, Saint Cloud, and Christ Church-Newman Center, Saint Cloud, to Vocations Director of the Diocese of Saint Cloud;

Reverend Kenneth Popp from pastor of the Church of Saint Mary of the Presentation, Breckenridge, and the Church of Saint Thomas, Kent, to pastor of the Church of Saint Michael, Buckman, and the Church of Saint Joseph, Pierz;

Reverend Mark Stang from pastor of the Church of All Saints, Holdingford, the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Opole, the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Anna, and the Church of Saint Columbkille, Saint Wendel, to pastor of the Church of Saint Francis de Sales, Belgrade, the Church of Saint Donatus, Brooten, and the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Elrosa;

Reverend Stanley Wieser from pastor of the Church of Saint Elizabeth, and the Church of Saint Leonard of Port Mauritius, Pelican Rapids, to retirement;

Reverend Michael Wolfbauer, from parochial vicar of the Church of Saint Francis Xavier, Sartell, and chaplain at Cathedral High School, Saint Cloud, to pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Glenwood, and the Church of Saint Bartholomew, Villard.

The Most Reverend John F. Kinney, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, makes the following appointments in the Diocese of Saint Cloud, effective July 1, 2012:

Reverend Eugene Doyle from pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Becker, and the Church of Our Lady of the Lake, Big Lake, to pastor of the newly erected parish of Mary of the Visitation, Becker/Big Lake, while continuing as canonical pastor of the Church of Saint Mary. Mora, and the Church of Saint Kathryn, Ogilvie.

The Most Reverend John F. Kinney, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, makes the following appointments in the Diocese of Saint Cloud, effective June 2, 2012:

Deacon Randall Altstadt to diaconal ministry at the Church of Saint Henry, Perham.

The Most Reverend John F. Kinney, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, after presentation of the Right Reverend John Klassen, OSB, Abbot of Saint John’s Abbey,  makes the following appointments in the Diocese of Saint Cloud, effective June 25, 2012:

Reverend Jerome Tupa, OSB, from pastor of the Church of Saint John the Baptist, Collegeville, to pastor of the Church of Saint Joseph, Saint Joseph.

The Most Reverend John F. Kinney, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, after presentation of the Right Reverend John Klassen, OSB, Abbot of Saint John’s Abbey,  makes the following appointments in the Diocese of Saint Cloud, effective June 25, 2012 and extending to September 1, 2012:

Reverend Wilfred Theisen, OSB, to canonical administrator of the Church of Saint John the Baptist, Collegeville.

The Most Reverend John F. Kinney, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, after presentation of the Right Reverend John Klassen, OSB, Abbot of Saint John’s Abbey,  makes the following appointments in the Diocese of Saint Cloud, effective September 1, 2012:

Reverend Mel Taylor, OSB, to pastor of the Church of Saint John the Baptist, Collegeville.

Catherine Coghlan
Chancellor 

Saint Cloud, Minnesota                                                             
Given at the Chancery                                                                 

May 31, 2012

OFFICIAL

The Most Reverend John F. Kinney, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, made the following appointment in the Diocese of Saint Cloud effective January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2014:

Reverend Ralph Zimmerman to Vicar for Permanent Deacons in

the Diocese of Saint Cloud.

The Most Reverend John F. Kinney, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud,

made the following appointment in the Diocese of Saint Cloud effective January 1, 2012.

Mr. Joseph Spaniol to Finance Officer of the Diocese of Saint

Cloud for a second five-year term.

Given at the Chancery                                           Catherine M. Coghlan

Saint Cloud, Minnesota                                         Chancellor

January 9, 2012