Clergy & Religious

The following is a list of clergy serving the Diocese of Gaylord noting their current assignment.

In some cases, one pastor or pastoral administrator serves several parishes. Due to space limitations, only the parish where the pastor or pastoral administrator resides is shown below.

Priests

NAME	TITLE	PARISH	CITY
Rev. John Paul Bashe	Parochial Vicar	Sacred Heart/Holy Family	Oscoda/East Tawas
Rev. James Bearss	Rector/Pastor	St. Mary Cathedral	Gaylord
Rev. Stanislaw Bereda	Senior Priest
Rev. Robert Bissot	Pastor	St. Catherine	Ossineke
Rev. Joseph Blasko	Administrator	Holy Cross Parish	Beaver Island
Rev. Lawrence Boks	Senior Priest
Rev. Msgr. James Brucksch	Senior Priest
Rev. Andrew Buvala, OFM	Pastor	St. Kateri Tekakwitha	Peshawbestown
Rev. Patrick Cawley	Retired
Rev. Anthony Citro	Pastor	Immaculate Conception	Traverse City
Rev. Chet Collins	Parochial Vicar	St. Matthew/St. Augustine/St. John Nepomucene	Boyne City/Boyne Falls/Praga
Rev. Michael Conner	Pastor	St. Mary of Hannah	Kingsley
Rev. Raymond Cotter	Pastor	Christ the King	Acme
Rev. Anthony Cureton	Chaplain/Adjunct Faculty	Carmelite Monastery/GrandTraverse Area Catholic Schools	Traverse City
Rev. Robbie Deka	Administrator	St. Mary	Grayling
Rev. Mariano Dellagiovanna	Team Ministry/Assistant Director of Hispanic Apostolate	St. Philip Neri	Empire
Rev. Norman Dickson, SJ	Administrator	St. Mary of the Woods	Kalkaska
Rev. James M. Doherty	Replacement Ministry
Rev. Charles Donajkowski	Pastor	Sacred Heart	Oscoda
Rev. Artur Duchnowicz	Pastor	St. Ignatius of Loyola	Rogers City
Rev. David Dupuis	Sacramental Minister	Holy Redeemer	Vanderbilt
Rev. Wayne Dziekan	Director of the Secretariat for Justice & Peace	Diocese of Gaylord	Gaylord
Rev. Peter Eke	Pastor	St. Paul	Onaway
Rev. Gabriel Fox	Senior Priest
Rev. August Franczek	Senior Priest
Rev. Msgr. Daniel Gallagher	Assigned to Rome	Latin Office, Vatican
Rev. James Gardiner	Pastor	St. Luke	Bellaire
Rev. Donald Geyman	Director of Vocations	Diocese of Gaylord	Gaylord
Rev. Albin Gietzen	Senior Priest
Rev. Joseph Graff	Pastor	Holy Childhood	Harbor Springs
Rev. John Greene	On Leave
Rev. David Greka	Retired
Rev. Zeljko Guberovic	Moderator in Team Ministry/Assists Hispanic Ministry	St. Philip Neri	Empire
Rev. Craig Haider	Parochial Vicar	St. Stephen/St. Theresa/St. Ann/St.Edward	Lake City/Manton/Cadillac/Harrietta
Rev. Michael Haney, OFM	Pastor	Cross in the Woods	Indian River
Rev. James Hayden	Vicar for Retired Priests and Sacramental Minister	Diocese of Gaylord and Immaculate Conception	Traverse City
Rev. Garth Hilmer	Medical Leave
Rev. Santiago Hoyumpa	Pastor	St. Mary/St. Francis of Assisi	Mio/Lewiston
Rev. Gerard Hunko	Pastor	St. Pius X/St. James/St. Stephen	Hale/Whittemore/Skidway Lake
Rev. Michael Janowski	Pastor	St. Mary	Lake Leelanau
Rev. Lawrence Kelleher	Senior Priest
Rev. James Kendziorski	Retired
Rev. Richard Kosterman	Senior Priest
Rev. Richard Kropf	Retired
Rev. John Ladd	Senior Priest
Rev. Norbert Landreville	Sacramental Minister	Holy Cross	Cross Village
Rev. Donald Libby	Pastor	Holy Rosary	Cedar
Rev. William Lipscomb	Chaplain	Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools	Traverse City
Rev. Dale Magoon	Retired
Rev. T. Patrick Maher	Pastor	St. Joseph	West Branch
Rev. Polycarp Mblarawa	Parochial Vicar	St. Francis of Assisi	Traverse City
Rev. Greg McCallum	Pastor	St. Patrick	Traverse City
Rev. John McCracken	Pastor	Catholic Community of Manistee	Manistee
Rev. Paul Megge	Pastor	St. Mary-St. Charles	Cheboygan
Rev. Msgr.Raymond Mulka	Senior Priest
Rev. Ruben Munoz	Pastor	St. Joseph and St. Raphael	Onekama and Copemish
Rev. Msgr. Francis Murphy	Pastor	St. Ann	Cadillac
Rev. Joseph Muszkiewicz	Pastor	St. Michael/St. Helen/Our Lady of the Lake/St. Hubert/St. James	Roscommon/St. Helen/Prudenville/Higgins Lake/Houghton Lake
Rev. Robert W. Nalley	Judicial Vicar/Senior Priest
Rev. Sylvestre Obwaka	Parochial Vicar	Catholic Community of Manistee	Manistee
Rev. Gerald Okoli	Parochial Vicar	St. Bernard/St. Anne/St. John/St. Mary	Alpena
Rev. Joseph Ortega	Parochial Vicar	St. Mary-St. Charles/St. Clement/Sacred Heart	Cheboygan/Pellston/Riggsville
Rev. Francis Partridge	Senior Priest
Rev. Leonard Paul	Administrator	St. Michael & St. Gertrude	Suttons Bay & Northport
Rev. Msgr. John Porter	Administrator	St. Ann	Frankfort
Rev. Joseph Reitz	Senior Priest
Rev. Richard Schaeffer	Administrator	St. Mary/St. Bernard/St. Anne/St. John the Baptist	Alpena
Rev. Lawrence Sergott	Parochial Vicar	Our Lady of the Lake/St. Michael	Prudenville/Roscommon
Rev. Rolando Silva	Pastor/Sacramental Minister	St. Augustine and Jesus the Good Shepherd/St. Rose of Lima	Hillman and Atlanta/Herron
Rev. Harry Speckman, O.F.M.	Senior Associate	Cross in the Woods	Indian River
Rev. Kenneth Stachnik	Pastor	St. Francis of Assisi	Traverse City
Rev. Dennis Stilwell	Pastor	St. Francis Xavier	Petoskey
Rev. Msgr. James Suchocki	Senior Priest
Rev. Sylvester Taube	Retired
Rev. Msgr. Edwin Thome	Pastor	St. Joseph	Traverse City (Mapleton)
Rev. Bernard Tyler	Administrator	St. Hubert/St. James	Higgins Lake/Houghton Lake
Rev. Thomas Vos, OFM	Senior Associate	Cross in the Woods	Indian River
Rev. Duane Wachowiak	Pastor	Boyne Valley Catholic Community	Boyne City
Rev. Miro Wiese, O.F.M.	Retired
Rev. Matthew Wigton	Administrator	St. Mary of the Assumption	Charlevoix
Rev. Peter Wigton	Parochial Vicar	St. Mary Cathedral/Holy Redeemer/St. Thomas Aquinas	Gaylord/Vanderbilt/Elmira
Rev. Chad Zielinski	Assigned to Achdiocese for Military Services	Air Force Chaplain	Fairbanks, AK
Rev. Robert Zuchowski	Pastor	Sacred Heart	Elk Rapids

Deacons

NAME	TITLE	PARISH	CITY
Deacon John Ashmore
Deacon Thomas Bousamra		St. Francis of Assisi	Traverse City
Deacon Dennis Duggan		St. Francis Xavier	Petoskey
Deacon John Falicki		Christ the King	Acme
Deacon Paul Fifer		St. Francis Xavier	Petoskey
Deacon Harry Friend		St. Philip Neri	Empire
Deacon Robert Goetz	Retired
Deacon Harold Goodhue
Deacon Rene Hoenscheid	Minister to the Sick	St. Patrick	Traverse City
Deacon James L. Krupka		St. Joseph	Mapleton
Deacon Arthur LoVetere		Jesus the Good Shepherd	Atlanta
Deacon John Moeggenberg	Retired
Deacon Joseph Nelson	Retired
Deacon Glen Painter		Holy Family	Klacking Creek
Deacon Charles Riley		St. Francis of Assisi	Traverse City
Deacon Ronald Rowe
Deacon James Siler		St. Ann, St. Stephen, St. Edward, St. Theresa	Cadillac, Lake City, Harrietta, Manton
Deacon Max Wendell		St. Philip Neri	Empire
Deacon Douglas Wigton		Holy Rosary	Cedar

Religious Sisters & Brothers

In the Catholic Church, the ministry of religious sisters and brothers is well documented. These dedicated individuals have offered their lives in service to God's people. They can be found in schools, parishes, hospitals, diocesan offices, social service agencies, retreat centers -- anywhere they may reach out to those in need. In our diocese, we also have two monasteries whose sisters have been called to a ministry of prayer. Below is a listing of those currently serving in the Diocese of Gaylord.

NAME	TITLE	PARISH	CITY
Sr. Joan Alflen, O.P.	Friends Who Care Ministry		Kaleva
Sr. Catherine Anderson, OP		Dominican House of Blessing	Alpena
Mother Teresa Margaret Armstrong, OCD		Carmelite Monastery	Traverse City
Sr. Perpetua Marie Aune, OCD		Carmelite Monastery	Traverse City
Sr. Carol Bearss, SFCC			Boyne City
Sr. Carolyn Benigni, S.S.J.	Volunteer	Manistee Catholic Central Schools	Manistee
Sr. Pia Trinita Blackburn, OCD		Carmelite Monastery	Traverse City
Sr. Rita Epple, R.S.M.	Pastoral Administrator	St. Dominic	Metz
Sr. Chris Herald, O.P.	Pastoral Administrator	St. Anthony of Padua	Mackinaw City
Sr. Barbara Hubeny, O.P.	Executive Director	Augustine Retreat Center	Conway
Sr. Mary Hughes, SFCC			Alpena
Sr. Barbara Kennison, S.S.J., MD			Traverse City
Sr. Marita MacNall, O.P.		Crawford County Library	Grayling
Mother Mary Markey, OCD, Prioress		Carmelite Monastery	Traverse City
Sr. Barbara Matievich, O.P.	Parish Life Coordinator	St. Helen	St. Helen
Sr. Mary McCormack, OSS		Sacramentine Monastery	Conway
Sr. Katherine Murphy, R.S.M.	Retired	St. Francis of Assisi	Traverse City
Sr. Kathy Payne, O.S.M.	DRE	St. Francis Xavier	Petoskey
Sr. Carmel Regina Piotrowski, OCD		Carmelite Monastery	Traverse City
Sr. Linda Schoenborn, O.P.		Sacred Heart	Oscoda
Sr. Mary Rosalie Smith, OSS		Sacramentine Monastery	Conway
Sr. Frances Stefanski, S.J.			Manistee
Sr. Augusta Stratz, R.S.M.	Consultant, Parish Outreach	Great Lakes Community Mental Health	Kalkaska
Sr. Jean Marie Umlor, R.S.M.	Coordinator, Holistic Clinical Practice	Mercy Health Services	Grayling
Sr. Dianne Ureel, OSF	Nurse Supervisor		Suttons Bay
Br. Michael Whitman		St. Joseph	West Branch
Sr. Bonnie Woods, RSM		Trinity Health	Grayling