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Archdiocese of Omaha Priest Assignments 2024
June 3, 2024
The Archdiocese of Omaha announced the following assignments for clergy and tribunal members. All assignments are effective July 1 unless specified otherwise.
Clergy and Tribunal Assignments 2024
Retirements
Fr. Tom Bauwens, senior associate pastor, St. John Vianney Parish, Millard, and Mary Our Queen Parish, Omaha. (Ordained 1987.)
Fr. Richard Reiser, senior associate pastor, St. John Vianney Parish, Millard, and Mary Our Queen Parish, Omaha. (Ordained 1980.)
Fr. Keith Rezac, pastor, St. Charles Borromeo Parish, North Bend, and St. Leo the Great Parish, Snyder. (Ordained 1987.)
Urban Families of Parishes
Urban Family A – Fremont, Hooper, North Bend, Scribner, Snyder
Fr. Walter Nolte, pastor, St. Patrick Parish, Fremont, St. Lawrence Parish, Scribner, and St. Rose of Lima Parish, Hooper, takes on additional duties as pastor, St. Charles Borromeo Parish, North Bend, and St. Leo the Great Parish, Snyder, being pastor of all parishes of Urban Family A.
Fr. Bill Cremers, associate pastor, St. Patrick Parish, Fremont, St. Charles Borromeo Parish, North Bend, St. Lawrence Parish, Scribner, and St. Rose of Lima Parish, Hooper, takes on additional duties as associate pastor, St. Charles Borromeo Parish, North Bend, and St. Leo the Great Parish, Snyder, being associate pastor in all parishes of Urban Family A.
Fr. Joseph Sund, from associate pastor in Rural Family K, to associate pastor in all parishes of Urban Family A.
Urban Family B – Blair, Fort Calhoun, Tekamah
No change.
Urban Family C – St. Elizabeth Ann, St. James
Fr. Patrick Nields, from pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, Neligh, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Tilden, to associate pastor, St. James Parish, Omaha.
Urban Family D – Holy Name, St. Philip Neri-Blessed Sacrament
No change.
Urban Family E – Sacred Heart, St. Benedict the Moor, St. John
No change.
Urban Family F – St. Leo the Great, St. Pius X, St. Bernard
Fr. Mark Tomasiewicz, from pastor, St. Michael Parish, Albion, St. Anthony Parish, Cedar Rapids, and St. Edward Parish, St. Edward, to pastor, St. Pius X Parish, Omaha.
Urban Family G – Christ the King, St. Robert Bellarmine, St. John Paul II Newman Center
No change.
Urban Family H – St. Cecilia Cathedral, St. Margaret Mary
Fr. Eliot Schwer, associate pastor in the parishes of Urban Family H, is granted a leave of absence for vocational discernment with the Order of Carthusians.
Fr. Zachary Eischeid, newly ordained, to associate pastor in the parishes of Urban Family H, with residence at St. Margaret Mary Parish, Omaha.
Urban Family I – Our Lady of Lourdes-St. Adalbert, Holy Cross, St. Andrew Kim Taegon
No change.
Urban Family J – St. Peter, St. Joseph
No change.
Urban Family K – St. Frances Cabrini, St. Mary Magdalene
No change.
Urban Family L – St. Thomas More, St. Joan of Arc
No change.
Urban Family M – St. Bridget-St. Rose, St. Francis of Assisi, Our Lady of Fatima, St. Stanislaus
Fr. Minh Tran, from associate pastor, St. Patrick Parish, Fremont, St. Charles Borromeo Parish, North Bend, St. Lawrence Parish, Scribner, and St. Rose of Lima Parish, Hooper, to associate pastor in the parishes of St. Bridget-St. Rose, Omaha, St. Francis of Assisi, Omaha, and St. Stanislaus, Omaha.
Urban Family N – Assumption-Guadalupe, Ss. Peter & Paul, St. Mary
Fr. Brett Jamrog, from associate pastor in the parishes of Rural Family L to associate pastor in the parishes of Urban Family N.
Urban Family O – St. Bernadette, Holy Ghost
Effective April 27th, Fr. Benjamin Boyd, associate pastor, St. James Parish, Omaha, was appointed pastor of the parishes in Urban Family O.
Urban Family P – Bellevue: St. Mary, St. Matthew
No change.
Urban Family Q – Papillion: St. Columbkille, Ralston: St. Gerald
Fr. Mario Rapose, from sacramental duties at St. Pius X Parish, Omaha, to associate pastor, St. Gerald Parish, Ralston.
Urban Family R – Gretna: St. Patrick, St. Charles Borromeo, Springfield: St. Joseph
Fr. Vincent Sunguti, from administrator, Holy Cross Parish, Beemer, and St. Joseph Parish, Wisner, to associate pastor, St. Patrick Parish, Gretna, and St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Gretna.
Urban Family S – Mary Our Queen, St. John Vianney
Fr. Steven Boes, from sabbatical to senior associate pastor of the parishes in Urban Family S.
Urban Family T – St. Wenceslaus, St. Stephen the Martyr, St. Vincent de Paul, Boys Town: Immaculate Conception
Effective April 1st, Fr. Jeffrey Mollner was appointed as pastor, Immaculate Conception Parish, Boys Town, with additional duties as National Director of Mission and Spiritualty at Boys Town.
Fr. Matthew Pohlman, newly ordained, to associate pastor, St. Stephen the Martyr Parish, Omaha.
Urban Family U – Elkhorn: St. Patrick, Valley: St. John the Evangelist
No change.
Rural Families of Parishes
Rural Family A – Amelia, Atkinson, Boyd County, O’Neill, Stuart
No change.
Rural Family B – Bloomfield, Brunswick, Cedar County, Crofton, Creighton, Niobrara, Verdigre
Fr. Marcus Knecht, from associate pastor, St. Gerald Parish, Ralston, to associate pastor in the parishes of Rural Family B.
Rural Family C – Coleridge, Hartington, Newcastle, Osmond, Plainview, Ponca, Randolph
No change.
Rural Family D – Dixon, Laurel, Wayne
Fr. Zachary Tucker, from associate pastor, St. Stephen the Martyr Parish, Omaha, to assistant vocations director with chaplaincy duties at Wayne State College, with residence in Wayne.
Rural Family E – Bancroft, Decatur, Emerson, Homer, Hubbard, Jackson, Lyons, Macy, Pender, Walthill, South Sioux City, Winnebago
No change.
Rural Family F – Aloys, Beemer, Dodge, Howells, Monterey, Olean, St. Charles, West Point, Wisner
A priest of the Diocese of Minna will be assigned as associate pastor in the parishes of Rural Family F, upon arrival in the Archdiocese of Omaha.
Rural Family G – Clarkson, Humphrey, Leigh, Lindsay, Tarnov
Fr. Daniel Wittrock, from senior associate pastor in the parishes in Rural Family B, to senior associate pastor in the parishes of Rural Family G.
Rural Family H – Heun, Schuyler
No change.
Rural Family I – Columbus, Duncan, Platte Center
No change.
Rural Family J – Albion, Cedar Rapids, Central City, Clarks, Fullerton, Genoa, Krakow, Silver Creek, St. Edward
Fr. Matthew Gutowski, from senior associate pastor in the parishes of Rural Family G, to pastor, St. Michael Parish, Albion, and St. Anthony Parish, Cedar Rapids, and St. Edward Parish, St. Edward.
Rural Family K – Clearwater, Deloit, Elgin, Ewing, Neligh, Petersburg, Raeville, Tilden
Effective July 1st, the parishes of St. Theresa, Clearwater, St. John the Baptist, Deloit, St. Peter de Alcántara, Ewing, St. Francis of Assisi, Neligh, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Tilden, are merged into a new parish, Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, covering the same area. Fr. John Norman is appointed as pastor of Annunciation Parish, in addition to his serving as pastor of the other parishes in Rural Family K.
Fr. Frank Baumert, from retired priest in residence in the parishes of Urban Family L, to senior associate pastor in the parishes of Rural Family K.
Rural Family L – Battle Creek, Madison, Norfolk, Pierce, Stanton
A priest of the Diocese of Minna will be assigned as associate pastor in the parishes of Rural Family L, upon arrival in the Archdiocese of Omaha.
Ministers of the Metropolitan Tribunal
Effective March 1st, Fr. James de Anda was appointed as Judicial Vicar for a one-year term, in addition to his duties as judge of the same.
Effective March 1st, Fr. Scott Hastings, Vicar General & Judicial Vicar, was transferred from the office of Judicial Vicar to the office of Defender of the Bond, while retaining the office of Vicar General.
Transitional Deacons
The following deacons, ordained on May 24th, are assigned as follows:
Deacon Logan Hepp is assigned to Rural Family K for summer ministry.
Deacon Brian Hula is assigned to Rural Family L for summer ministry.
Deacon Will Targy is assigned to Rural Family B for summer ministry.