Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, announces the following clergy appointments, effective Saturday, August 8, 2026, and announced the same day, based on the merger of the parishes of St. Patrick in Benton, St. Rose of Lima in Cuba City, Holy Ghost in Dickeyville, St. Francis de Sales in Hazel Green, Immaculate Conception in Kieler, St. Mary in Platteville, and St. Joseph in Sinsinawa to become St. Dominic Parish, as decreed by Most Rev. Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison:

• Rev. Gregory Ihm, to Pastor, St. Dominic Parish, per canon 522, for a term of six years with the possibility of renewal, as a result of the canonical merger of the parishes of St. Patrick in Benton, St. Rose of Lima in Cuba City, Holy Ghost in Dickeyville, St. Francis de Sales in Hazel Green, Immaculate Conception in Kieler, St. Mary in Platteville, and St. Joseph in Sinsinawa to become St. Dominic Parish, from Parochial Administrator of the parishes of St. Patrick in Benton, St. Rose of Lima in Cuba City, Holy Ghost in Dickeyville, St. Francis de Sales in Hazel Green, Immaculate Conception in Kieler, St. Mary in Platteville, and St. Joseph in Sinsinawa.
• Rev. Thomas Kelley, to Parochial Vicar, St. Dominic Parish, per canon 545, as a result of the canonical merger of the parishes of St. Patrick in Benton, St. Rose of Lima in Cuba City, Holy Ghost in Dickeyville, St. Francis de Sales in Hazel Green, Immaculate Conception in Kieler, St. Mary in Platteville, and St. Joseph in Sinsinawa to become St. Dominic Parish, from Parochial Vicar of the parishes of St. Patrick in Benton, St. Rose of Lima in Cuba City, Holy Ghost in Dickeyville, St. Francis de Sales in Hazel Green, Immaculate Conception in Kieler, St. Mary in Platteville, and St. Joseph in Sinsinawa.
• Rev. Joseph Bellamkonda, to Parochial Vicar, St. Dominic Parish, per canon 545, as a result of the canonical merger of the parishes of St. Patrick in Benton, St. Rose of Lima in Cuba City, Holy Ghost in Dickeyville, St. Francis de Sales in Hazel Green, Immaculate Conception in Kieler, St. Mary in Platteville, and St. Joseph in Sinsinawa to become St. Dominic Parish, from Parochial Vicar of the parishes of St. Patrick in Benton, St. Rose of Lima in Cuba City, Holy Ghost in Dickeyville, St. Francis de Sales in Hazel Green, Immaculate Conception in Kieler, St. Mary in Platteville, and St. Joseph in Sinsinawa.
• Dcn. Lee Eggers, to parish deacon assignment, St. Dominic Parish.
• Dcn. Lawrence Tranel, to parish deacon assignment, St. Dominic Parish.

Very Rev. Tait Schroeder

Vicar General