Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General, announces the following priest appointment made by Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, effective January 1, 2014. Per canon 527, §2, notification is hereby given to relevant parishes of the dispensation by the local ordinary, for a just reason, to the applicable priest from the requirement of taking possession (installation) of the office of parish priest (pastor).
Rev. Thomas Coyle, to pastor, St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Jefferson, comprised of St. John the Baptist Parish, Jefferson, and St. Lawrence Parish, Jefferson, and remaining as pastor, St. Mary Help of Christians Parish, Sullivan, per canon 522, from pastor, St. John the Baptist Parish, Jefferson, St. Lawrence Parish, Jefferson, and St. Mary Help of Christians Parish, Sullivan, with a term equal to the remaining term of the original appointments of Fr. Coyle to St. John the Baptist Parish, Jefferson, St. Lawrence Parish, Jefferson, and St. Mary Help of Christians Parish, Sullivan.
Rev. Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General