70 Year Anniversary
Fr. Donald B. Kuntz
Fr. Kuntz, 97, was born in Detroit and was ordained June 7, 1941.
Fr. Kuntz served as assistant pastor at St. Mary Magdalen Parish, Hazel Park (1941-46), and St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Pontiac (1946-50), before becoming assistant director of religious education for the archdiocese (1950-54).
He served as assistant pastor at Visitation Parish, Detroit (1954-59), and at St. Thecla Parish, Clinton Township (1959-61).
In 1961 Fr. Kuntz was named pastor of St. Cletus Parish, Warren, where he served until being granted senior priest status in 1984.
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Fr. Henry E. Villerot
Fr. Villerot, 95, was born in Detroit and was ordained June 7, 1941.
Fr. Villerot served as assistant pastor at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, River Rouge (1941-46); St. Aloysius Parish, Detroit (1946-51); and the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Detroit (1951-56).
He served as chaplain to Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit (1956-60), and to Detroit Osteopathic Hospital, Highland Park, for one year.
Fr. Villerot was pastor of St. Theresa Parish, Detroit (1960-66); of St. Margaret of Scotland Parish, St. Clair Shores (1966-72), and of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish, Birmingham, from 1972 until being granted senior priest status in 1985.
68 Year Anniversary
Msgr. Thomas H. Villerot
Msgr. Villerot, 93, was born in Detroit and was ordained May 29, 1943.
Msgr. Villerot was assistant pastor at St. Joseph Parish, Erie (1943-47); St. Catherine Parish, Detroit (1947-52); St. Lawrence Parish, Detroit (1952); and St. Mary Parish, Royal Oak (1952-57).
In 1957 he was appointed to the faculty of Sacred Heart Seminary; and was later named pastor of St. Martin Parish, Detroit (1965-70). He was pastor of St. Jude Parish, Detroit (1970-79) and vicar of the Gratiot Vicariate (1971-73). He was pastor of St. Valerie of Ravenna Parish, Clinton Township, from 1979 until he was granted senior priest status in 1987.
He returned to St. Mary Parish, Royal Oak, as temporary administrator from September to December 1989. He was appointed to the archdiocesan College of Consultors (1990-92), and was named a prelate of honor to His Holiness (monsignor) in March 1990.
66 Year Anniversary
Fr. Joseph A. Janiga
Fr. Janiga, 91, was born in Detroit and was ordained Oct. 27, 1945.
Fr. Janiga was appointed to the faculty of St. Mary’s College and SS. Cyril & Methodius Seminary, Orchard Lake (1945-77); associate pastor of St. Michael Parish, Pontiac (1977-78); and associate pastor of St. Cletus Parish, Warren (1978-83).
He was named pastor of St. Helena Parish, Wyandotte (1983-89), and was granted senior priest status June 30, 1989.
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Fr. Edward F. Konopka
Fr. Konopka, 91, was born in Detroit and was ordained Oct. 27, 1945.
Fr. Konopka was assistant pastor at SS. Peter & Paul (West Side) Parish (1945-51), at Holy Name of Jesus Parish, Detroit, (1951-56), and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Wyandotte (1956-59). He was appointed chaplain to Mount Carmel Hospital, Detroit (1959-60).
Fr. Konopka was founding pastor of St. Colman Parish, Farmington (1960-66); then served as pastor of St. Michael Parish, Pontiac (1966-71); St. Isidore Parish, Macomb Township (1971-74); Our Lady Queen of Heaven Parish, Detroit (1974-1982); and St. Alan Parish, Troy (1982-94).
He also was vicar of the North Oakland-Pontiac Vicariate (1967-68) and coordinator for the building of Pontiac Catholic High School in 1968.
He was granted senior priest status in June 1994, but was called back several times to serve as temporary administrator of parishes in Lapeer, Detroit and Livonia.
65 Year Anniversary
Fr. Joseph Ryder
Fr. Ryder, 90, was born in Detroit and was ordained June 8, 1946.
Fr. Ryder served as an assistant pastor at Guardian Angels Parish (1946-51) and Assumption Grotto Parish (1951-55), both in Detroit; St. Anselm Parish, Dearborn (1955-60); and St. Ignatius Parish, Detroit (1960-61). He was pastor of St. Alexander Parish, Farmington Hills (1961-66); St. Louis Parish, Mount Clemens (1966-70); St. Andrew Parish, Rochester (1970-75); and St. Owen Parish, Bloomfield Hills (1975-92). He achieved senior priest status in 1992.
Fr. Ryder also served three years on the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, six years on the National Liturgical Board (1960-66) and 20 years as chaplain for the Detroit Lions alumni.
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Fr. J. Walter Stanievich
Fr. Stanievich, 91, was born in Hamtramck and was ordained Oct. 26, 1946, in Detroit.
He served as an assistant pastor at St. Clement Parish, Center Line (1946-51); St. Patrick Parish, Wyandotte (1951-54); and Holy Innocents Parish, Roseville (1954-59). He served for three months as an assistant at St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Detroit, before becoming temporary administrator and then pastor of St. Anthony (Lithuanian) Parish, Detroit, (1959-70). Besides his duties at St. Anthony, he was administrator at St. Peter (Lithuanian) Parish in Detroit (1962-70).
Fr. Stanievich was pastor of St. Mark Parish, Warren (1970-91). He served as vicar of Warren-Center Line Vicariate for two consecutive terms (1973-79), and another term from 1982-85. He achieved senior priest status in 1991.
Fr. Stanievich then served as temporary administrator at St. Paschal Baylon Parish, Taylor (1993); St. Sylvester Parish, Warren (1994); St. Perpetua Parish, Waterford Township (1995); St. Henry Parish, Lincoln Park (1995); and St. Francis Xavier Parish, Ecorse (1997).
64 Year Anniversary
Fr. Erwin J. Bauer
Fr. Bauer, 89, was born in Redford Township and was ordained May 31, 1947, in Detroit.
Fr. Bauer served as assistant pastor at Sacred Heart Parish, Dearborn (1947-52); St. Gregory the Great Parish, Detroit (1952-56); St. Agatha Parish, Redford Township (1956-61); St. Mary Queen of Creation Parish, New Baltimore (1961-63); and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Grotto) Parish, Detroit (1963-65).
He founded St. Donald Parish, Roseville, in 1965, and served as pastor there until 1978. He also served as vicar of the Roseville-St. Clair Shores Vicariate from 1969-70.
From 1978-83 he served as pastor of St. Mary Mystical Rose Parish, Armada, and as vicar of the Thumb Vicariate from 1979-83.
Fr. Bauer was appointed pastor of St. Hubert Parish, Harrison Township in 1983, and served as vicar of the North Macomb Vicariate (1984-87). He was pastor of St. Barnabas Parish, Eastpointe (1985-87), and St. Philip Neri Parish, Columbus, and of Holy Rosary Mission, Smith’s Creek (1987-91) and again from 2001 until 2003.
Granted senior priest status in 1991, he served as administrator of St. Mark Parish, Harsens Island, in 1991 and in 1996.
63 Year Anniversary
Fr. Fabian B. Slominski
Fr. Slominski, 87, was born in Duluth, Minn., and was ordained May 22, 1948, in Detroit.
Fr. Slominski served as an assistant pastor at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Wyandotte (1948-53); at the Detroit parishes of SS. Peter & Paul (West Side) (1953-58) and St. Bartholomew (1958-62); and at St. Florian Parish, Hamtramck (1962-67).
Fr. Slominski was pastor of Corpus Christi Parish, Detroit (1967-70); St. Anne Parish, Warren (1970-83), and St. Cletus Parish, Warren, from1984 until he was granted senior priest status in 1990. He served as a chaplain at St. John-Macomb Health Center in Warren until 2007.
62 Year Anniversary
Fr. Edmund D. Muir
Fr. Muir, 87, was born in Detroit and was ordained May 21, 1949.
Fr. Muir served as assistant pastor at Visitation Parish, Detroit (1949-54), and at Epiphany Parish, Detroit (1954-57). He was temporary administrator of Epiphany Parish (1957-58), and also as assistant pastor at Our Lady of Victory Parish, Detroit (1958).
Also in 1958, Fr. Muir became a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force. He returned to Detroit to become assistant pastor at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Grotto) Parish (1963-68).
His first pastorate was Epiphany Parish, Detroit (1968-82); and he also served as pastor of St. Clement Parish, Dearborn, from1982 until attaining senior priest status in 1993.
61 Year Anniversary
Fr. Lawrence T. Fares
Fr. Fares, 87, was born in northern Lebanon and was ordained April 23, 1950, in Rome.
He was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1977. Fr. Fares served as associate pastor of St. Louis Parish, Clinton Township (1977-78); Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Grotto) Parish, Detroit (1978-84); and Our Lady Queen of Heaven Parish, Detroit (1984-85).
In 1985 he was named parochial administrator of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Detroit, and also at Holy Name Parish, Detroit, while continuing his duties at St. Thomas.
Fr. Fares was appointed pastor of St. Ronald Parish, Fraser, in 1989, and continued to serve there until he was granted senior priest status in 1997.
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Fr. Bohdan W. Kosicki
Fr. Kosicki, 84, was born in Detroit and was ordained May 20, 1950.
Fr. Kosicki served as an assistant pastor at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Parish, Detroit (1950-55); Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish, Grosse Pointe Woods (1955); St. Anne Parish, Warren (1955-59); St. Christopher Parish, Detroit (1959); and Our Lady Queen of Apostles Parish, Hamtramck (1959-60).
In 1960 he was sent to the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., for graduate studies. He then was assistant pastor of St. Albertus Parish, Detroit (1963-64). He was appointed chaplain to St. Francis Hospital, Hamtramck, in 1964.
Fr. Kosicki served as assistant pastor at St. Hyacinth Parish, Detroit (1965-66), and was named assistant to the archdiocesan vicar for religious in 1966. In 1971 he was named archdiocesan delegate to charismatic groups, in addition to his other duties.
In 1976 he was appointed pastor of Sweetest Heart of Mary Parish, Detroit. While there he also had duties as acting director of the archdiocesan Office of Special Services, a post he continued to hold while pastor of St. Ladislaus Pastor, Hamtramck (1981-82).
Fr. Kosicki was named pastor of St. Lucy Parish, St. Clair Shores, and served there until being granted senior priest status in 1997. During the 1990s he also served on the archdiocesan Presbyteral Council.
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Msgr. Peter S. Lentine
Msgr. Lentine, 92, was born in Detroit and was ordained May 20, 1950.
Msgr. Lentine served as assistant pastor at St. Elizabeth Parish, Wyandotte (1950-55); Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Grotto) Parish, Detroit (1955-60), and St. Matthew Parish, Detroit (1960-65).
Philomena Parish, Detroit in 1966, and continues to serve there.
Msgr. Lentine also served as an archdiocesan consultor from 1977-83.
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Fr. Edward L. Scheuerman
Fr. Scheuerman, 85, was born in Detroit and was ordained May 20, 1950.
Fr. Scheuerman served as assistant pastor at St. Bartholomew Parish, Detroit (1950-54), then was appointed to the faculty of Sacred Heart Seminary in 1954.
In 1966 he was named principal of Aquinas High School in Southgate, moving in 1970 to the faculty of Bishop Gallagher High School in Harper Woods.
He continued to serve as priest counselor at Bishop Gallagher after he became pastor of St. Martin of Tours Parish, Detroit, in 1971. While at St. Martin, he served (1971-77) as vicar of the Detroit-Grosse Pointe Vicariate.
Fr. Scheuerman was appointed pastor of St. Patrick Parish, Wyandotte (1981-94), then administrator of St. Charles Borromeo, Newport (1994-95).
He was granted senior priest status in 1995, but undertook several brief assignments after that: as parochial administrator of St. Mark Parish, Warren (1995) and in 1999 as temporary administrator of Christ the King Parish, Detroit, and then at Presentation/Our Lady of Victory Parish, Detroit.
60 Year Anniversary
Fr. Thomas F. Esper
Fr. Esper, 85, was born in Dearborn and was ordained June 2, 1951.
Fr. Esper served as assistant pastor at St. Louis Parish, Mount Clemens (1951-54); Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, River Rouge (1954-59); St. Gertrude Parish, St. Clair Shores (1959-64); St. Joseph Parish, Trenton (1964-65); and St. Mary’s of Redford Parish, Detroit (1965-69).
He served as pastor of Holy Innocents Parish, Roseveille (1969-86) and St. Edward on the Lake Parish, Lakeport (1986-96), serving also as vicar of the Port Huron Vicariate from 1993-96. He was granted senior priest status in 1996.
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Msgr. Gerald A. Flanigan
Msgr. Flanigan, 84, was born in Highland Park and was ordained June 2, 1951.
He served as assistant pastor in 1951 at both St. John Parish, Ypsilanti, and St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Pontiac. He then was assistant pastor at Epiphany (1951-56) and St. Rose parishes (1956-57) in Detroit; of St. Pius X Parish, Southgate (1957-62); of St. Hugo of the Hills Parish, Bloomfield Hills (1962-66); and Our Lady of Loretto Parish, Redford Township (1966-68).
He was pastor of Madonna Parish, Detroit (1968-70); St. Blase Parish, Sterling Heights (1970-77); St. Raymond Parish, Detroit (1977-85) and St. Colman Parish, Farmington Hills (1991-95).
Msgr. Flanigan was named prelate of honor to His Holiness (monsignor) in 1990. He was granted senior priest status in 1995.
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Msgr. Robert V. Monticello
Msgr. Monticello, 84, was born in Detroit and was ordained June 2, 1951.
He served as assistant pastor at St. Alphonsus, Dearborn (1951), then at Madonna Parish in Detroit (1951-55). After completing graduate studies at Fordham University, New York, he founded and directed Catholic Social Services of Macomb/Lenawaee Counties (1957-67).
He was chaplain of the St. Francis Home for Boys, Detroit (1961-71) and also taught at that time at Sacred Heart Seminary (1962-66) and Mercy College, Detroit (1963-66). He was director of Catholic Social Services for the Archdiocese of Detroit (1967-68), director of the archdiocesan Department of Christian Service (1968-70) and deputy delegate for clergy (1970-71).
For most of the 1970s, Msgr. Monticello ministered in Washington, D.C., serving there as executive director for the Campaign for Human Development (1971-73), associate general secretary for the U.S. Catholic Conference (1973), and as assistant treasurer for the conference (1974-78) as well as deputy treasurer for Catholic Relief Services.
In 1979, he returned to Detroit and was made coordinator of planning and services, and an executive assistant to Cardinal John Dearden and Cardinal Edmund Szoka. He served as pastor of St. Martha Parish, Dearborn (1981-85); St. Frances Cabrini Parish, Allen Park (1985-88); and St. Clare of Assis Parish, Farmington Hills (1988-99).
He was named prelate of honor to His Holiness (monsignor) in 1990. He was granted senior priest status in 1999.
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Fr. Robert A. Reckinger
Fr. Reckinger, 86, was born in Detroit and was ordained June 2, 1951.
He was assistant pastor at St. Jude (1951-56), St. Cecilia (1956-57) and St. John the Evangelist (1957-59) parishes, all in Detroit; St. Mark Parish in Warren (1959-63); St. Michael Parish in Livonia (1963-64); Holy Name Parish in Birmingham (1964-65); and St. Richard Parish in Westland (1964-71).
Fr. Reckinger was in residence at St. Priscilla Parish in Livonia (1971-73) and Immaculate Conception Parish in Lapeer.
He was granted senior priest status in 1994.
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Fr. Edward W. Ritter
Fr. Ritter , 85, was born in Detroit and was ordained June 2, 1951.
He was assistant pastor at St. Joseph Parish, Port Huron (1951-56); St. Aloysius Parish, Detroit (1956-61); and St. Francis Xavier Parish, Ecorse (1966-69). He also had been chaplain at Mount Carmel Mercy Hospital starting in 1961.
Fr. Ritter served as pastor of St. Leonard of Port Maurice Parish, Warren (1969-77); St. Christopher Parish, Detroit (1977-82); and St. Mary Parish, St. Clair (1982-2001). He was vicar of the Belle River Vicariate from 1990-93.
Fr. Ritter currently is a senior priest for the archdiocese.
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Msgr. Walter J. Ziemba
Msgr. Ziemba, 84, was born in Detroit and was ordained June 2, 1951.
Msgr. Ziemba ministered at SS. Cyril & Methodius Seminary in Orchard Lake, serving there as a professor from 1951 until 1968, then as rector from 1968 until 1977. He remained on the faculty there after his tenure as rector.
He was named prelate of honor to His Holiness (monsignor) in 2005. He was granted senior priest status in 1996.
50 Year Anniversary
Msgr. Eugene Edyk
Msgr. Edyk, 74, was born in Lodz, Poland, and ordained on June 25, 1961.
He came to Detroit to serve as a professor at SS. Cyril & Methodius Seminary and St. Mary’s College in Orchard Lake (1970-94). He also served as associate pastor at St. Rene Goupil Parish, Sterling Heights (1994-96), and at St. Paul of Tarsus Parish (1996-2004). From 2004 until 2007, he was pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Yale.
Msgr. Edyk was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1997. Currently he is a senior priest for the archdiocese.
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Fr. Joseph A. Gagnon
Fr. Gagnon, 75, was born in Detroit and was ordained June 3, 1961.
He served as assistant pastor at St. Suzanne Parish, Detroit (1961-65); St. Anselm Parish, Dearborn Heights (1965-67); St. Benedict Parish, Highland Park (1967-70); and St. Gregory the Great Parish, Detroit (1970-71).
He returned to St. Gregory and became its administrator from 1971-73, then the parish’s pastor until 1976. He then served as administrator of St. Benedict Parish, Waterford (1976-77), associate pastor of St. Hilary Parish, Redford Township (1977) and chaplain of Carmel Hall, Detroit (1977).
He served as pastor of St. Richard Parish, Westland (1977-82), and vicar of the Western Wayne Vicariate from 1979-81. He also was vicarious adjutor at St. Christopher Parish, Marysville in 1982 and administrator of Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission in Port Huron from 1982 until 1985. He was pastor of St. Christopher Parish from 1982 until 1988.
He then became pastor of St. Christopher Parish, Detroit (1988-89); Presentation/Our Lady of Victory Parish, Detroit (1989-92); and St. Conrad Parish, Melvindale (1992-2005). He was a member of the Presbyteral Council from 2004 until 2006, and in 2010 he was temporary administrator of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Emmett, Sacred Heart Parish in Yale and Sacred Heart Mission in Brown City. He currently is a senior priest for the archdiocese.
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Fr. Louis E. Grandpre
Fr. Grandpre, 77, was born in Hale and was ordained June 3, 1961.
He was assistant pastor at Epiphany in Detroit (1961-63) before joining the faculty of Sacred Heart Seminary, where he taught from 1965 until 1977. He then taught at St. Mary’s College, Orchard Lake (1977-82).
While teaching, he also served as pastor of St. Ives Parish in Southfield (1974-90) and St. Paul of Tarsus Parish, Clinton Township (1990-2003). He also was a member of the Presbyteral Council from 2000 until 2003. Fr. Grandpre currently is a senior priest in the archdiocese.
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Fr. Boleslaus Krol
Fr. Krol, 76, was born in Poland and was ordained July 31, 1961 in Warsaw.
He served as chaplain at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit (1970-71); assistant pastor at St. Hyacinth, Detroit (1971-87); assistant pastor at St. Florian Parish, Hamtramck (1987-89); and associate pastor at St. Colette Parish, Livonia (1989-91).
Fr. Krol was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1990.
Fr. Krol was made pastor of St. Louis the King Parish in Detroit in 1991, and continues to serve as the parish’s pastor. He also was pastor of St. Bartholomew Parish in Detroit from 1995 until 2005. Since 2007, he also has been involved in urban youth ministry for the Archdiocese of Detroit.
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Fr. Edward J. Prus
Fr. Prus, 82, was born in River Rouge and was ordained June 3, 1961. He served as assistant pastor at St. Philip Neri Parish, Detroit (1961-64); assistant spiritual director at Sacred Heart Seminary’s high school department (1964-69); and associate pastor at Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak (1969-75). In 1975, he was made co-pastor of Shrine along with Fr. Ed Belczak, and in 1980 he was made pastor of the parish, which he remained until 1987. From 1987 until 1991, he was pastor at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Recife, Brazil. From 1991 until 1999, he was pastor of St. Raphael Parish in Garden City.
Fr. Prus was granted senior priest status in 1999, but afterward served as temporary administrator of St. Raphael Parish (2000) and on the Presbyteral Council (2001-03).
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Fr. Robert J. Witkowski
Fr. Witkowski, 75, was born in Hamtramck and was ordained June 3, 1961.
Fr. Witkowski served as an assistant pastor at St. Matthew (1961-66) and Our Lady Queen of Heaven (1966-67) parishes in Detroit; pastor of St. Mary Magdalene Parish, Melvindale (1976-80); chaplain at Herman Keifer & Detroit Osteopathic (1969); pastor of Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish, Grosse Pointe Woods (1980-81); and associate pastor of St. Lawrence Parish in Utica from 1981 until 1985.
He became parochial administrator of St. Raymond Parish in Detroit (1985-87) before becoming pastor of the parish from 1987 until 1991.
In 1991 Fr. Witkowski was named pastor of St. Edmund Parish in Warren, where he continues to serve.
40 Year Anniversary
Fr. Salvino P. Briffa
Fr. Briffa, 70, was born in Malta and was ordained March 25, 1971.
He served as assistant pastor at St. Mary Queen of Creation Parish, New Baltimore (1991-94); St. Lawrence Parish, Utica (1994-95); and St. Paul on the Lake Parish, Grosse Pointe Farms (1995-96). He was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1995.
He served as pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish, Allenton (1996-98) and Holy Innocents Parish in Roseville (1998-2001) before being named pastor of St. Bernardine of Siena Parish in Westland, where he remains until the parishes merges with St. Damian Parish, Westland, on July 1.
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Fr. Robert B. McGrath
Fr. McGrath, 71, was born in Detroit and was ordained Sept. 11, 1971.
He served as associate pastor of St. Rita Parish, Detroit (1971-75), and as the parish’s co-administrator in 1973.
He was pastor of St. Francis de Sales Parish from 1975 until 1995, during which time he also served as vicar of the Grand River Vicariate (1982-85 and 1988-91) and spiritual director of the Detroit Cursillo Movement (1983). He was pastor of St. Benedict Parish, Highland Park (1995-2007) before being named pastor of St. Alexander Parish in Farmington Hills in 2007, where he continues to serve.
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Fr. Vincent Nguyen an Ninh
Fr. Nguyen An Ninh, 67, was born in Vietnam and was ordained December 17, 1971 for the Diocese of Xuan Loc in Vietnam.
He served a special assignment at Guardian Angels Parish, pastoring the Vietnamese Catholic Community there, and he was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1989. From 1999 until the present, he has been pastor of Our Lady of Grace Vietnamese Parish in Warren.
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Fr. Dale H. Redwanski
Fr. Redwanski, 69, was ordained in May, 1971. He was a member of the Crosier Fathers, ministering in the Archdiocese of Detroit. He was incardinated into the Archdiocese in 2004.
During his priestly ministry in the Detroit area, he served as chaplain at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township (1991-2009) and at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital East in Mount Clemens.
He currently is a senior priest for the Archdiocese of Detroit.
25 Year Anniversary
Fr. Alberto P. Bondy
Fr. Bondy, 68, was born in Detroit and ordained Nov. 22, 1986.
He has served as associate pastor at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Detroit (1986-87); St. Raymond Parish, Detroit (1987-90); and St. Paul on the Lake Parish, Grosse Pointe Farms (1990-92). Until 2001, he served as pastor of St. Michael Parish in Livonia, then was made pastor of St. Clement Parish in Center Line (2001-05). Since 2005, he has been serving as pastor of St. Anne Parish in Warren.
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Fr. James E. Commyn
Fr. Commyn, 57, was born in Detroit and was ordained Nov. 22, 1986.
He served as associate pastor at St. Regis Parish in Bloomfield Hills (1986-87), St. Frances Cabrini Parish in Allen Park (1987-89), St. Agatha Parish in Redford Township (1989-92), St. Paul on the Lake Parish in Grosse Pointe Farms (1992-93) and St. Augustine Parish in Richmond (1993-96). From 1993 until 2005, he served as pastor of St. Augustine Parish, during which time he also served as vicar of the Old Belle River Vicariate (2002).
Since 2005 he has been pastor of St. Lucy Parish in St. Clair Shores.
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Fr. Anthony F. Sulkowski
Fr. Sulkowski, 52, was born in St. Clair and was ordained Nov. 22, 1986.
He served as associate pastor at St. Linus Parish in Dearborn Heights (1986-87), National Shrine of the Little Flower Parish in Royal Oak (1987-89), St. Andrew Parish in Rochester (1989-93) and St. Martin de Porres Parish in Warren (1993-96). He then was made pastor of St. Mary Parish in Monroe (1996-2002) during which time he also served as vicar of the Old Monroe Vicariate (1999-2002). He was pastor of St. Louis Parish in Clinton Township from 2002 until taking his current assignment as pastor of St. Basil the Great Parish in Eastpointe in 2007.
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Fr. Christopher B. Welsh
Fr. Welsh, 58, was born in Detroit and was ordained Nov. 22, 1986.
He served as associate pastor at St. Kenneth Parish in Plymouth from 1986 until 1987, and at St. Regis Parish in Bloomfield Hills from 1987 until 1997. He has been chaplain at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak since 1992.
