March 29, 2024

The Most Reverend Paul J. Swain has decreed the following priest assignment changes effective July 10, 2019:

Very Reverend Charles Cimpl to serve as the Temporary Administrator for Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish (St. Mary), Sioux Falls.

Assignment changes effective August 7, 2019:

Reverend Thomas Hartman, in addition to serving as Pastor for St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Groton and St. Joseph Parish, Turton, as Sacramental Minster to the St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center at Northern State University in Aberdeen.

Reverend Richard Fox from Pastor for Christ the King Parish, Sioux Falls to Pastor for Immaculate Conception Parish, Watertown.

Reverend Mark Lichter, in addition to serving as Pastor for Sacred Heart Parish, Aberdeen, as Temporary Administrator for Sacred Heart Parish, Westport.

Reverend Paul Rutten from Pastor for Immaculate Conception Parish, Watertown to Pastor for Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish (St. Mary), Sioux Falls.

Reverend Jordan Samson from Priest Director for the St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center at Northern State University and Pastor for Sacred Heart Parish, Westport to Pastor for Christ the King Parish, Sioux Falls. In addition, effective August 1, 2019, to serve as the Vocations Director for the Diocese of Sioux Falls.

Respectfully submitted,

Matthew K. Althoff
Chancellor