The Most Reverend Paul J. Swain has decreed the following priest assignment changes effective July 10, 2019:
Reverend David Desmond from Pastor for St. Mary Parish, Sioux Falls, to personal leave from public ministry.
Reverend Kevin Doyle from Pastor for St. Anthony Parish, Hoven, and St. Augustine Parish, Bowdle, to Pastor for St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Artesian, St. Joseph Parish, Wessington Springs, and St. Wilfrid Parish, Woonsocket.
Reverend Darin Schmidt from Parochial Vicar for Cathedral of Saint Joseph and Diocesan Master of Ceremonies to Pastor for St. Augustine Parish, Bowdle, and St. Anthony Parish, Hoven.
Reverend Timothy Smith from Parochial Vicar for Cathedral of St. Joseph to Pastor for Holy Cross Parish, Ipswich, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Leola, and St. Thomas Parish, Roscoe.
Reverend Russell Homic, at the invitation of the Most Reverend Paul J. Bradley, Bishop of Kalamazoo, to be relieved of his appointment as Pastor for Holy Cross Parish, Ipswich, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Leola, and St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Roscoe, so that he might fulfill a pastoral assignment in the Diocese of Kalamazoo (MI).
Additional assignment changes are anticipated in future editions of The Bishop’s Bulletin.
Respectfully submitted,
Matthew K. Althoff
Chancellor
