OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS

Reverend John H. Brunner to serve as Parochial Administrator of the Church of St. Willibrord in Gibbon while continuing as Pastor of the Church of St. Andrew in Fairfax and the Church of the Sacred Heart in Franklin.

Reverend James W. Devorak to serve as Sacramental Minister of the Church of St. Clara in Clara City while continuing as Pastor of the Church of St. Joseph in Montevideo and Pastor of the Church of St. Andrew in Granite Falls.

Reverend Marco Antonio Elel Xoyon to serve as Associate Pastor of the Church of the Holy Redeemer in Marshall.

Reverend Francis J. Garvey to serve as Parochial Administrator of the Church of St. Anthony in Watkins while continuing as Parochial Administrator of the Church of Our Lady in Manannah and one-half time as Director of Priest Personnel and as Bishop's Delegate in Matters Pertaining to Sexual Misconduct. He will no longer serve as priest/chaplain at the Willmar Regional Treatment Center.

Reverend Richard C. Gross to retire from active ministry.

Reverend Tony R. Hesse to serve as Associate Pastor of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm.

Reverend Dennis C. Labat to serve forty percent as Supervisor of Pastoral Administrators and other diocesan duties and sixty percent as Pastor of the Church of St. Raphael in Springfield and as Sacramental Minister of the Church of St. Thomas in Sanborn.

Reverend A. Melchizedech to serve as Associate Pastor of the Church of Our Lady in Manannah and the Church of St. Anthony in Watkins. He will reside in Watkins.

Reverend Sagayadasan Nicholas to serve as Associate Pastor of the Church of St. Andrew in Granite Falls and the Church of St. Joseph in Montevideo, and Sacramental Minister of the Church of St. Clara in Clara City. He will reside in Granite Falls.

Reverend Brian W. Oestreich to serve one-half time as Director of Vocations for the Diocese of New Ulm while continuing as Pastor of the Church of the Japanese Martyrs in Leavenworth and as Sacramental Minister of the Church of St. Paul in Comfrey one-half time.

Reverend John A. Pearson to serve one-quarter time as Ecumenical Director while continuing as Pastor of the Church of St. Dionysius in Tyler and the Church of St. Genevieve in Lake Benton.

Reverend Samuel Perez to serve as Associate Pastor of the Church of St. Mary in Willmar.

Reverend Todd J. Petersen to serve as Associate Pastor of the Church of St. Mary in Sleepy Eye.

Reverend Eugene C. Hackert to retire from active ministry.

Sister Sharon Nohner, OSB to serve as Pastoral Administrator of the Church of St. Paul in Comfrey.

Sister Kathryn Schoolmeesters, SSND to serve as Pastoral Administrator of the Church of St. John in Hector.

Reverend Jose Paul Pyndath, CMI to serve as Associate Pastor of the Church of St. Willibrord in Gibbon, the Church of St. Andrew in Fairfax, and the Church of the Sacred Heart in Franklin. He will reside in Gibbon.