Priest Appointments – December 20, 2025
Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, announces the following clergy appointments, effective Saturday, December 20, 2025, and announced the same day, based on the merger of the parishes of St. Jerome in Columbus, St. Olaf in DeForest, St. Patrick in Doylestown, St. Joseph in East Bristol, St. Thomas the Apostle in Poynette, and St. Joseph in Rio to become Nativity of the Lord Parish, as decreed by Most Rev. Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison:
Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, announces the following clergy appointments, effective Saturday, December 20, 2025, and announced the same day, based on the merger of the parishes of St. Jerome in Columbus, St. Olaf in DeForest, St. Patrick in Doylestown, St. Joseph in East Bristol, St. Thomas the Apostle in Poynette, and St. Joseph in Rio to become Nativity of the Lord Parish, as decreed by Most Rev. Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison:
Rev. James Leeser, to Pastor, Nativity of the Lord 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. Jerome in Columbus, St. Olaf in DeForest, St. Patrick in Doylestown, St. Joseph in East Bristol, St. Thomas the Apostle in Poynette, and St. Joseph in Rio to become Nativity of the Lord Parish, from Parochial Administrator of the parishes of St. Jerome in Columbus, St. Olaf in DeForest, St. Patrick in Doylestown, St. Joseph in East Bristol, St. Thomas the Apostle in Poynette, and St. Joseph in Rio.
Rev. Joji Reddy Thirumalareddy, to Parochial Vicar, Nativity of the Lord Parish, per canon 545, as a result of the canonical merger of the parishes of St. Jerome in Columbus, St. Olaf in DeForest, St. Patrick in Doylestown, St. Joseph in East Bristol, St. Thomas the Apostle in Poynette, and St. Joseph in Rio to become Nativity of the Lord Parish, from Parochial Vicar of the parishes of St. Jerome in Columbus, St. Olaf in DeForest, St. Patrick in Doylestown, St. Joseph in East Bristol, St. Thomas the Apostle in Poynette, and St. Joseph in Rio.
Rev. Bala Kasipogu, to Parochial Vicar, Nativity of the Lord Parish, per canon 545, as a result of the canonical merger of the parishes of St. Jerome in Columbus, St. Olaf in DeForest, St. Patrick in Doylestown, St. Joseph in East Bristol, St. Thomas the Apostle in Poynette, and St. Joseph in Rio to become Nativity of the Lord Parish, from Parochial Vicar of the parishes of St. Jerome in Columbus, St. Olaf in DeForest, St. Patrick in Doylestown, St. Joseph in East Bristol, St. Thomas the Apostle in Poynette, and St. Joseph in Rio.
Fr. Tait Schroeder
Vicar General
