We thank our diocesan and international priests for their years of service
60 years
Rev. Robert Hegenbarth
Father Hegenbarth was ordained on May 19, 1956, at Holy Cross
Seminary Chapel by Bishop John P. Treacy. His last assignment
was was as pastor at St. Leo the Great Parish in West Salem and
St. Mary Parish in Bangor and was granted status of senior priest in 2014.
Rev. Daniel Kelly
Father Kelly was ordained on May 19, 1956, at Holy Cross Seminary Chapel
by Bishop John P. Treacy. His last assignment was as chaplain at Oxford
Federal Correctional Institution and was granted status of senior priest in 1997.
Rev. Raymond Pedretti
Father Pedretti was ordained on Feb. 2, 1956, at Holy Cross
Seminary Chapel by Bishop John P. Treacy. His last assignment
was as Pastor of St. Stanislaus Parish and Our Lady of Perpetual
Help Parish in Arcadia and was granted
status of senior priest in 2000.
50 years
Rev. Lawrence Berger
Father Berger was ordained on May 28, 1966, at St. Joseph Cathedral
by Bishop Frederick W. Freking. His last assignment was as pastor
at Holy Trinity Parish in La Crosse and was granted
status of senior priest in 2011.
Rev. Richard Fliss
Father Fliss was ordained on May 28, 1966, at St. Joseph Cathedral
by Bishop Frederick W. Freking, and was granted status of senior
priest in 2008. He last served at the Services Department at the
Federal Prison Complex in Tuscon, Ariz.
Rev. John Schultz
Father Schultz was ordained on Dec. 18, 1965, at St. Peter’s Basilica
in Rome by Bishop Frances Reh, and was granted status of senior
priest in 2014. He currently serves as part-time chaplain at
Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire.
25 years
Rev. G. Richard Roberts
Father Roberts was ordained on May 25, 1991, at
St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral by Bishop
John J. Paul, and currently serves as pastor
of Holy Trinity Parish in La Crosse.
Rev. Aruldoss Sundaram
Father Sundaram was ordained on May 2, 1991, in the Diocese of
Tiruchirappalli, India. He will be at St. Charles Borromeo,
Genoa starting June 30th to begin his first assignment.
10 years
Father Paul Bosco Anthony
Father Anthony was ordained on April 24, 2006, in the
Diocese of Madras-Mylapore, India. He served as director
at the David Boys’ Home in Chetpet, India. He currently serves
as pastor of Holy Rosary in Lima and St. Mary’s Assumption in
Durand and Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Mondovi.
Father John Peter Anthonisamy Chinnappan
Father Chinnappan was ordained on April 24, 2006, in the
Diocese of Vellore, India. He currently serves as pastor of
St. Joseph Parish in Kendall, St. Patrick Parish in Elroy
and St. John the Baptist in Wilton.
Rev. Joshy Mathew
Father Mathew was ordained on Jan. 5, 2006, in the Archdiocese of Tellichery in Balal, Kasargo Kerala, India. He currently serves as chaplain of St. Joseph Hospital in Chippewa Falls.
Rev. D. Joseph Redfern
Father Redfern was ordained on June 24, 2006, at St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral by Bishop
Jerome E. Listecki, and currently serves as pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Necedah.
Rev. Timothy Welles
Father Welles was ordained on June 24, 2006,
at St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral by
Bishop Jerome E. Listecki, and currently serves
as pastor of St. Joseph Parish in St. Joseph’s Ridge and St. Peter Parish in Middle Ridge.