Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General, announces the following priest appointments made by Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, effective as indicated below, and announced at weekend Masses of Saturday and Sunday, January 9 and 10, 2016:
• Rev. Fr. James R. Leeser, to pastor, St. Mary/St. Paul Parish, Mineral Point, and St. Philomena Parish, Belmont, per canon 522, from parochial administrator, St. Mary/St. Paul Parish, Mineral Point, and St. Philomena Parish, Belmont, effective immediately.
• Rev. Fr. Scott Emerson, to parochial administrator, Holy Family Parish, La Valle, St. Boniface Parish, Lime Ridge, and St. Patrick Parish, Loreto, per canon 539, effective Wednesday, February 10, 2016, from graduate studies in canon law in Rome. At the end of the parochial administration, it is anticipated that Fr. Emerson will resume graduate studies in canon law in Rome.