2016 Priest Assignments/Transfers

Bishop Boyea announces the following pastoral assignments and transfers, effective July 1, 2016 (unless otherwise noted): Rev Robert Copeland - from Pastor of St Pius X Parish, Flint to Pastor of St John the Evangelist Parish, Fenton; 
Rev Paul Donnelly - Parochial Vicar of St John Vianney Parish, Flint; St Matthew Parish, Flint; St Michael Parish, Flint; and, St Mary Parish, Flint; 
Rev Dwight Ezop - from Pastor of St John the Evangelist Parish, Fenton to pastor of St Mary Parish, Charlotte; 
Rev Gerald Gawronski - Pastor of St Patrick Parish, Ann Arbor, released for service as a Missionary at the Service of the Patriarch of Babylon (effective September 1, 2016);
Rev Kurian Kollapallil, MSFS – from Parochial Vicar of St. John the Evangelist Parish, Jackson to Administrator of St Joseph Parish, Adrian;
Rev Tim Krzyzaniak - from in-residence at St John the Evangelist Parish, Jackson to Pastor of St Catherine Labouré Parish, Concord;
Rev Peter Lawrence - Parochial Vicar of Queen of the Miraculous Medal Parish, Jackson and Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Michigan Center; 
Rev Brian Lenz - Parochial Vicar of St. John the Evangelist Parish, Jackson; 
Rev Shaun Lowery, OSFS - from Pastor of St Mary of Good Counsel Parish, Adrian to Parochial Vicar of St Francis of Assisi Parish, Ann Arbor
Rev Thomas Murphy, OSFS – from Pastor of St. John Neumann Parish, Reston, Virginia to Pastor of St Mary Parish, Adrian;
Rev Michael Murray - Parochial Vicar of St Thomas Aquinas Parish / St John Church and Student Center, East Lansing;
Rev Ryan Riley - Parochial Vicar of St Thomas Aquinas Parish / St John Church and Student Center, East Lansing;
Rev Denis Spitzley - from Pastor of St Catherine Labouré Parish, Concord to Senior Priest status;
Rev Anthony Strouse - from Pastor of St Joseph Parish, Adrian to Pastor of St Pius X Parish, Flint;
Rev Dan Westermann - from Parochial Vicar of St Thomas Aquinas Parish / St John Church and Student Center, East Lansing to studies in Moral Theology at the Angelicum University, Rome.
Rev John Whitlock - from Parochial Vicar of Queen of the Miraculous Medal Parish, Jackson and Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Michigan Center, to the faculty of St. John Vianney Seminary in St Paul, Minnesota.