New rector of St. Paul Seminary named

St. Paul - After serving the U.S. archdiocese for the Military Services as vicar general for 10 years, Msgr. Aloysius Callaghan became rector and vice president of the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul on July 1.

The Pennsylvania native will replace Fr. John Ubel, an archdiocesan priest who has been acting as interim rector of the seminary since Jan. 1, following the appointment of then-auxiliary Bishop Frederick F. Campbell of St. Paul-Minneapolis to head the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio. Bishop Campbell was rector for two and a half years.

Msgr. Callaghan became a priest 34 years ago; he was ordained for the Diocese of Allentown, PA. He completed a doctorate in canon law at the Lateran University in Rome in 1977 and then returned to his diocese, where he held positions with the diocesan tribunal, liturgical commission and vocations office.

Fr. Ubel said Msgr. Callaghan “is a gentle man who loves people, and I believe that ... gift will very soon become evident in his relationship with people.”