Bishop Walkowiak announces the following appointments effective Oct. 1, 2022:
Reverend Edwin Carreño Carreño, Administrator of the Shrine of St. Francis Xavier and Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Grand Rapids is appointed Pastor of the Shrine of St. Francis Xavier and Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish.
Reverend Dominic T. Couturier, Administrator of Our Lady of Consolation Parish in Rockford is appointed Pastor of Our Lady of Consolation Parish.
Reverend Jegar N. Fickel, Administrator of St. Mary-St. Paul Parish in Big Rapids is appointed Pastor of St. Mary-St. Paul Parish.
Reverend Kyle J. Kilpatrick, Administrator of St. Mary’s of the Immaculate Conception Parish in Muskegon is appointed Pastor of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish.
There are a few distinctions between an appointment as canonical administrator and that of pastor, simply put:
– An administrator has the same duties and rights of a pastor (Canon 540.1) but he is a priest who takes the place of a pastor in a parish in which this position is vacant. The primary difference is that this appointment is temporary. The bishop can, in time, decide to appoint the administrator as the pastor.
– A pastor has parochial care of a parish (or more than one if necessary) according to Canon 519. He is named for an indefinite period of time or for a certain period as determined by the bishop (Canon 522). In our diocese, most pastors serve terms of six years which are renewable upon consultation with Bishop Walkowiak.
Please continue to pray for our retired priests, and for our priests transitioning to new appointments and leading the parish communities entrusted to their care.
Pray for our priests Sept. 27 in churches around the diocese
View previously announced pastoral appointments.
Contact:
Annalise Laumeyer, director of communications
alaumeyer@grdiocese.org | 616-551-5629
