The Most Reverend William Patrick Callahan, D.D., Bishop of La Crosse, makes
the following announcements:
By virtue of a decree issued on July 1, 2021, the Most Reverend William Patrick Callahan,
Bishop of La Crosse, merged the parishes of St. Leo the Great in West Salem and St. Mary in
Bangor into St. Teresa of Kolkata Parish in West Salem.
The Reverend Raja Kennedy Arul-Samy, Pastor of Saint Leo the Great Parish in West Salem
and Saint Mary Parish in Bangor, with the merger of these two parishes, is appointed Pastor
of St. Teresa of Kolkata Parish in West Salem, effective July 1, 2021.