The following appointments are effective January 28, 2009:
Father Kent Bowlds appointed sacramental minister, St. Joseph Church, Gluckstadt.
Father Walter Brown appointed pastor, St. Mary and St. Francis Church, Yazoo City; All Saints Church, Belzoni and Our Mother of Mercy Mission, Anguilla.
Father Thomas Delaney appointed pastor, St. John Crystal Springs and St. Martin of Tours Mission, Hazlehurst.
Father Joseph Dyer appointed pastor, St. Michael Church, Forest; St. Michael Church, Paulding; St. Anne Mission, Newton; Hispanic Community, Morton.
Father William Henry appointed pastor, St. Therese Church, Jackson.
Father Brian Kaskie appointed pastor, St. Alphonsus Church, McComb; St. Teresa Church, Chatawa; St. James Mission, Magnolia.
Father Gregory Plata, OFM, appointed pastor, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, in addition to responsibilities at St. Francis of Assisi, Greenwood.
Father Kevin Slattery appointed pastor, Holy Child Jesus Church and Sacred Heart Church, Canton.
Father William Stout, OFM, appointed associate pastor, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church and St. Francis of Assisi Mission, Greenwood.
Father Jeffrey Waldrep appointed pastor, St. Peter Cathedral, Jackson; judicial vicar.
The following appointment was effective Oct. 17, 2008:
Father John O’Hallaran, SSJ, appointed pastor, Holy Family Church, Natchez and St. Anne Church, Fayette.
The following appointments were effective Sept. 1, 2008:
Father Timothy Gray, SCJ, appointed a member of the Sacred Heart pastoral team of northwest Mississippi.
Father Faustin Misakabo, OPraem, appointed pastor of St. Joseph in Port Gibson.
Father Thomas Potts, SVD, appointed chaplain at St. Mary of the Pines Retirement and Renewal Center in Chatawa.
