Most Reverend Earl Boyea, Bishop of Lansing, ordained five men to the Roman Catholic priesthood on Saturday, June 14 at St Thomas Aquinas Church, East Lansing. The largest ordination class in the Diocese of Lansing since 2005, this group also includes a set of identical twin brothers.
Those ordained, with parish of assignment were:
Father Gary Koenigsknecht - Parochial Vicar at Holy Family Parish, Grand Blanc;
Father Todd Koenigsknecht - Parochial Vicar at St Thomas the Apostle Parish, Ann Arbor;
Father Vince Richardson - Parochial Vicar at St Patrick Parish, Brighton;
Father James Rolph - Parochial Vicar at St John the Evangelist Parish, Fenton;
Father Dan Westermann - Parochial Vicar at St Thomas Aquinas Parish / St John Church and Student Center, East Lansing.
(photos by Tom Gennara)