Pastoral Assignments Announced

The Most Reverend Robert Barron, Bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, announces the following:

Msgr. Paul Heiting: currently Pastor of St. Gabriel Parish in Fulda, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Currie, and St. Anthony Parish in Westbrook; granted Senior Priest status, effective July 1, 2023.

Msgr. Gerald Kosse: currently Pastor of St. Catherine Parish in Luverne and St. Leo Parish in Pipestone and Dean of the Worthington Deanery; resigns as Dean of the Worthington Deanery, while remaining Pastor of St. Catherine Parish in Luverne and St. Leo Parish in Pipestone, effective July 1, 2023.

Rev. Peter Schuster: currently Pastor of Resurrection Parish in Rochester and Assistant Vicar for Clergy of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester; resigns as Assistant Vicar for Clergy of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, effective July 1, 2023; transferred to the Office of Pastor of St. Ann Parish in Slayton, St. Columba Parish in Iona, St. Mary Parish in Lake Wilson, St. Gabriel Parish in Fulda, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Currie, and St. Anthony Parish in Westbrook, effective July 1, 2023; appointed Dean of the Worthington Deanery, effective July 1, 2023.

Msgr. Thomas Cook: currently serving in the Dicastery for the Clergy in Rome, Italy; appointed to the Office of Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Owatonna, effective August 1, 2023.

Rev. Andrew Beerman: currently Pastor of St. John Vianney Parish in Fairmont, Ss. Peter and Paul Parish in Blue Earth; appointed to the Office of Pastor of St. Augustine Parish in Austin and St. Edward Parish in Austin, effective July 1, 2023.

Rev. Jeffrey Dobbs: currently Director of Spiritual Life and a member of the Formation Faculty of Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Winona; appointed to the Office of Pastor of St. John Vianney Parish in Fairmont, Ss. Peter and Paul Parish in Blue Earth, and Holy Family Parish in East Chain, effective July 1, 2023.

Rev. Matthew Fasnacht: currently Pastor of St. Mary of the Lake Parish in Lake City and St. Patrick Parish in West Albany; appointed Director of Spiritual Life and a member of the Formation Faculty of Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Winona, effective July 1, 2023.

Rev. Glenn Frerichs: appointed to the Office of Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Waseca and All Saints Parish in New Richland, effective July 1, 2023.

Rev. The Hoang: currently Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Waseca; transferred to the Office of Pastor of St. Mary of the Lake Parish in Lake City and St. Patrick Parish in West Albany, effective July 1, 2023.

Rev. Brian Mulligan: currently Pastor of St. Ann Parish in Janesville, All Saints Parish in New Richland, and St. Joseph Parish in Waldorf; transferred to the Office of Pastor of St. Thomas More Newman Center Parish in Mankato and appointed Vocations Promoter for the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, effective July 1, 2023.

Rev. Swamy Pothireddy: currently Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Owatonna; transferred to the Office of Pastor of St. Teresa Parish in Mapleton, St. Joseph Parish in Good Thunder, St. Matthew Parish in Vernon Center, and St. Joseph Parish in Waldorf, effective July 1, 2023.

Rev. Robert Schneider: currently Pastor of All Saints in Madison Lake and Immaculate Conception Parish in St. Clair; in addition to his current assignment, appointed to the Office of Pastor of St. Ann Parish in Janesville, effective July 1, 2023.

Rev. James Steffes: currently Pastor of St. Augustine Parish in Austin and St. Edward Parish in Austin; appointed to the Office of Pastor of Resurrection Parish in Rochester, effective July 1, 2023.

Rev. Andrew Vogel: currently Pastor of St. Teresa Parish in Mapleton, St. Joseph Parish in Good Thunder, St. Matthew Parish in Vernon Center, and St. Thomas More Newman Center Parish in Mankato; appointed to the Office of Pastor of St. Mary Parish in Caledonia and St. Patrick Parish in Brownsville, effective July 1, 2023.

Rev. James Starasinich: currently Pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Owatonna and Christ the King Parish in Medford; in addition to his current assignment, appointed Parochial Administrator of Sacred Heart Parish in Owatonna, effective July 1, 2023.

Rev. Matthew Wagner: currently Pastor of St. Mary Parish in Caledonia and St. Patrick Parish in Brownsville; assigned to full time study in Canon Law at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, effective July 1, 2023.