Official Appointments

Effective July 7, 2021

Rev. Adam L. Ahern, administrator of St. Michael Parish, Charlestown, and St. Francis Xavier Parish, Henryville, appointed pastor of the parishes for a six-year term.

Rev. Nicolas A. Ajpacaja Tzoc, administrator of St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish, Indianapolis, appointed pastor of the parish for a six-year term.

Very Rev. Daniel E. Bedel, VF, archdiocesan associate director of vocations, dean of the Terre Haute Deanery, priest moderator of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Terre Haute, and St. Mary-of-the-Woods Parish, St. Mary-of-the-Woods, and pastor of St. Margaret Mary Parish, Terre Haute, and St. Patrick Parish, Terre Haute, appointed to the formation staff of Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary in Indianapolis.

Very Rev. Dustin M. Boehm, VF, dean of the Connersville Deanery and pastor of St. Gabriel Parish, Connersville, and St. Bridget of Ireland Parish, Liberty, reappointed pastor of these parishes for a second six-year term.

Rev. Jerry L. Byrd, pastor of St. Ann Parish, Jennings County, St. Joseph Parish, Jennings County, and St. Mary Parish, North Vernon, reappointed pastor of these parishes for a second six-year term.

Rev. J. Nicholas Dant, pastor of St. Matthew the Apostle Parish, Indianapolis, granted retirement from active priestly duties and appointed to sacramental ministry at St. Rita Parish, Indianapolis, and Holy Angels Parish, Indianapolis.

Rev. Wilfred E. Day, administrator of St. John the Baptist Parish, Starlight, reappointed to a one-year term as administrator of the parish.

Rev. Timothy D. DeCrane, parochial vicar of St. Monica Parish, Indianapolis, and Chaplain Coordinator of Cardinal Ritter Jr./Sr. High School in Indianapolis, appointed parochial vicar of Our Lady of the Greenwood Parish, Greenwood.

Rev. James M. Farrell, pastor of St. Pius X Parish, Indianapolis, granted retirement from active priestly duties and appointed to sacramental ministry at St. Rita Parish, Indianapolis, and Holy Angels Parish, Indianapolis.

Rev. Robert J. Gilday, adjunct vicar judicial in the Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and pastor of St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower), Indianapolis, reappointed pastor of the parish until August 6, 2024, (age of 75) while remaining adjunct vicar judicial.

Rev. Vincent M. Gillmore, parochial vicar of Our Lady of the Greenwood Parish, Greenwood, appointed parochial vicar of St. Monica Parish, Indianapolis, and Chaplain Coordinator of Cardinal Ritter Jr./Sr. High School in Indianapolis.

Rev. Aaron M. Jenkins, pastor of St. Michael Parish, Greenfield, reappointed pastor of the parish for a second six-year term.

Rev. Francis Joseph Kalapurackal, pastor of St. Thomas More Parish, Mooresville, and St. Ann Parish, Indianapolis, appointed pastor of St. Pius X Parish, Indianapolis, for a six-year term.

Rev. Daniel J. Mahan, pastor of St. Barnabas Parish, Indianapolis, and Rev. Jonathan P. Meyer, pastor of All Saints Parish, Dearborn County, appointed pastors in solidum, with Rev. Meyer as moderator of All Saints Parish, Dearborn County, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish, Aurora, St. Lawrence Parish, Lawrenceburg, and St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Parish, Bright, for a six-year term.

Rev. Binu Mathew, parochial vicar of Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Beech Grove, appointed administrator of St. John the Baptist Parish, Osgood, for a six-year term.

Very Rev. Joseph L. Newton, vicar judicial in the Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, appointed pastor of St. Joan of Arc Parish, Indianapolis, for a six-year term and reappointed as vicar judicial of the Metropolitan Tribunal for a five-year term.

Very Rev. Guy R. Roberts, VF, pastor of St. Joan of Arc Parish, Indianapolis, appointed pastor of St. Barnabas Parish, Indianapolis, for a six-year term.

Rev. Jude Meril Sahayam, parochial vicar of St. Christopher Parish, Indianapolis, appointed administrator of St. Thomas More Parish, Mooresville, and St. Ann Parish, Indianapolis, for a six-year term.

Rev. Msgr. William F. Stumpf, VG, vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, appointed pastor of St. Matthew the Apostle Parish, Indianapolis, for a six-year term while remaining vicar general.

Rev. Randall R. Summers, pastor of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Parish, Bright, appointed pastor of Our Lady of the Springs Parish, French Lick, and Our Lord Jesus Christ the King Parish, Paoli, for a six-year term.

Rev. Benjamin D. Syberg, pastor of St. Lawrence Parish, Lawrenceburg, and St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish, Aurora, appointed pastor of St. Margaret Mary Parish, Terre Haute, and St. Patrick Parish, Terre Haute, for a six-year term; priest moderator of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Terre Haute, and St. Mary-of-the-Woods Parish, St. Mary-of-the-Woods; and, associate director of vocations of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
 

(These appointments are from the office of the Most Rev. Charles C. Thompson, Archbishop of Indianapolis.) †