Council of Priests

“The Code of Canon Law states that the Council of Priests is to represent the Presbyterium of the diocese and assist the Archbishop to fulfill his role as chief pastor.”

Name	Representing	Term
Rev. Paul Berny	Years of Ordination (35+)	December 31, 2016
Rev. Monsignor Daniel Stack	Years of Ordination (21-34)	December 31, 2016
Rev. Michael Onyekuru	Years of Ordination (8-20)	December 31, 2018
Rev. Mark Starr	Years of Ordination (0-7)	December 31, 2018
Rev. Monsignor Hugh Marren	Archdiocesan Pastors	December 31, 2017
Rev. Jeffery Ott, OP	Religious Priests	December 31, 2017
Rev. Tri John Bosco Nguyen	Parochial Vicars	December 31, 2017
Rev. Nicholas Azar-Secretary-Treasurer	Parochial Vicars	December 31, 2017
Rev. Roberto Herrera	Hispanic Priests	December 31, 2017
Most Reverend Luis Zarama	Aux. Bishop Region I	Duration of Office
Rev. Francis Tran	Vicar for Clergy (Vietnamese Priests)	Duration of Office
Rev. Fausto Marquez	Vicar for Clergy (Hispanic Priests)	Appointed through 12-31-18
Rev. Monsignor Henry Gracz	Vicar for Clergy	Appointed through 12-31-18
Very Reverend Richard Morrow	Vicar for Clergy	Appointed through 12-31-18
Rev. John Murphy	Vicar for Clergy	Appointed through 11-30-16
Rev. Jude Michael Krill, OFM Conv., V.F.	Dean, Northeast Metro	Duration of Office (5-30-18)
Very Rev. Paul A. Flood, V.F.	Dean, North Metro	Duration of Office (8-31-19)
Very Rev. John Walsh, V.F.	Dean, Northwest Metro	Duration of Office (8-31-19)
Very Rev. Paul D. Williams, V.F. - Secretary	Dean, Northwest	Duration of Office (8-31-19)
Very Rev. Juan Areiza, V.F.	Dean, Northeast	Duration of Office (8-31-19)
Very Rev. Rafael Castaño Fernandez, V.F.	Dean, East	Duration of Office (5-1-17)
Very Rev. John Koziol, OFM Conv., V.F.	Dean, South	Duration of Office (2-28-17)
Rev. Robert A. Orellana, V.F.	Dean, Southeast	Duration of Office (8-25-19)
Very Rev. Victor Galier, V.F.	Dean, Central	Duration of Office (5-1-17)
Rev. Monsignor James Schillinger	Director, Ongoing Formation	Duration of Office
Rev. Tim Hepburn	Director of Vocations	Duration of Office
Rev. John Conway	Appointed by Archbishop	Through December 31, 2017
Rev. Kevin Lixey, L.C.	Special Ministries	Through December 31, 2017
Rev. Henry Atem, V.F. - Chairman	Dean, Southwest; Appointed by Archbishop (African Priests)	Through February 28, 2018
Rev. Eric Hill - Vice-Chairman	Appointed by Archbishop (Archdiocesan Pastors)	Through February 28, 2018

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