Priest appointments, June 20, 2026
Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, announces the following clergy appointments, effective Saturday, June 20, 2026, and announced the same day, based on the merger of the parishes of St. Francis of Assisi in Jefferson, St. Joseph in Fort Atkinson, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Milton, St. Mary in Palmyra, St. Mary Help of Christians in Sullivan, and St. Pius X in Cambridge to become St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, as decreed by Most Rev. Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison:
Very Rev. Tait Schroeder, Vicar General, announces the following clergy appointments, effective Saturday, June 20, 2026, and announced the same day, based on the merger of the parishes of St. Francis of Assisi in Jefferson, St. Joseph in Fort Atkinson, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Milton, St. Mary in Palmyra, St. Mary Help of Christians in Sullivan, and St. Pius X in Cambridge to become St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, as decreed by Most Rev. Donald Hying, Bishop of Madison:
• Rev. Msgr. Donald Heiar, to Pastor, St. Teresa of Calcutta 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. Francis of Assisi in Jefferson, St. Joseph in Fort Atkinson, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Milton, St. Mary in Palmyra, St. Mary Help of Christians in Sullivan, and St. Pius X in Cambridge to become St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, from Parochial Administrator of the parishes of St. Francis of Assisi in Jefferson, St. Joseph in Fort Atkinson, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Milton, St. Mary in Palmyra, St. Mary Help of Christians in Sullivan, and St. Pius X in Cambridge.
• Rev. David Timmerman, to Parochial Vicar, St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, per canon 545, as a result of the canonical merger of the parishes of St. Francis of Assisi in Jefferson, St. Joseph in Fort Atkinson, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Milton, St. Mary in Palmyra, St. Mary Help of Christians in Sullivan, and St. Pius X in Cambridge to become St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, from Parochial Vicar of the parishes of St. Francis of Assisi in Jefferson, St. Joseph in Fort Atkinson, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Milton, St. Mary in Palmyra, St. Mary Help of Christians in Sullivan, and St. Pius X in Cambridge.
• Rev. John Silva, to Parochial Vicar, St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, per canon 545, as a result of the canonical merger of the parishes of St. Francis of Assisi in Jefferson, St. Joseph in Fort Atkinson, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Milton, St. Mary in Palmyra, St. Mary Help of Christians in Sullivan, and St. Pius X in Cambridge to become St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, from Parochial Vicar of the parishes of St. Francis of Assisi in Jefferson, St. Joseph in Fort Atkinson, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Milton, St. Mary in Palmyra, St. Mary Help of Christians in Sullivan, and St. Pius X in Cambridge.
• Rev. Jayaraj Kalivela, to Parochial Vicar, St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, per canon 545, as a result of the canonical merger of the parishes of St. Francis of Assisi in Jefferson, St. Joseph in Fort Atkinson, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Milton, St. Mary in Palmyra, St. Mary Help of Christians in Sullivan, and St. Pius X in Cambridge to become St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, from Parochial Vicar of the parishes of St. Francis of Assisi in Jefferson, St. Joseph in Fort Atkinson, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Milton, St. Mary in Palmyra, St. Mary Help of Christians in Sullivan, and St. Pius X in Cambridge.
• Rev. José Luis Vazquez, to Parochial Vicar, St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, per canon 545, as a result of the canonical merger of the parishes of St. Francis of Assisi in Jefferson, St. Joseph in Fort Atkinson, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Milton, St. Mary in Palmyra, St. Mary Help of Christians in Sullivan, and St. Pius X in Cambridge to become St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, from Parochial Vicar of the parishes of St. Francis of Assisi in Jefferson, St. Joseph in Fort Atkinson, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Milton, St. Mary in Palmyra, St. Mary Help of Christians in Sullivan, and St. Pius X in Cambridge.
Very Rev. Tait Schroeder
Vicar General
As previously reported and effective as of July 1, 2026:
• Rev. John Silva, from Parochial Vicar of St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish to Parochial Vicar of St. Jane Frances de Chantal Parish.
• Rev. Barry Meinholz, to Parochial Vicar of St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish.
