Priest Ordinations
60 YEARS
Rev. Lawerence Boks
Senior Priest
Ordained: June 4, 1966
50 YEARS
Rev. Joseph Graff
Senior Priest
Ordained: May 15, 1976
Rev. Michael Steltenkamp, S.J.
Sacramental Minister:
St. James the Greater Parish, Houghton Lake and St. Hubert Parish, Higgins Lake
Ordained: The USA Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), Dec. 11, 1976
25 YEARS
Rev. Artur Duchnowicz
Pastor: Holy Family Parish, East Tawas; St. Pius X Parish, Hale; St. Stephen, King of Hungary Parish, Skidway Lake
Ordained: June 9, 2001
Rev. Lawrence Sergott
On assignment in Diocese
of San Antonio
Ordained: June 9, 2001
Rev. Matthew Wigton
Rector: St. Mary, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cathedral, Gaylord
Pastor: Holy Redeemer Parish, Vanderbilt and St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Elmira
Ordained: May 13, 2001
15 YEARS
Rev. Yakubu Philibus
Parochial Vicar: St. Mary, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cathedral; Holy Redeemer, Vanderbilt; St. Thomas Aquinas, Elmira
Ordained: Diocese of Maiduguri, Nigeria, July 1, 2011
Rev. Shaphan Zirra
Parochial Vicar: St. Joseph Parish, West Branch and Holy Family Parish, Klacking Creek
Ordained: Diocese of Maiduguri, Nigeria, July 1, 2011
10 YEARS
Rev. Christopher Jarvis
Pastor: Christ the King Parish, Acme and Sacred Heart Parish, Elk Rapids
Ordained: June 18, 2016
Rev. Alfred Pillarelli
Pastor: St. Joseph Parish, West Branch and Holy Family Parish, Klacking Creek
Ordained: June 18, 2016
Rev. Benjamin Rexroat
Pastor: St. Joseph Parish, Mapleton
Ordained: June 18, 2016
Rev. Scott Lawler
Pastor: St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Lewiston
Ordained: Jan. 9, 2016
Deacon Ordinations
15 YEARS
Deacon John Amthor
St. Mary, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cathedral, Gaylord
Ordained: Diocese of Lansing, May 21, 2011
Deacon John Fitch
St. Catherine Parish, Ossineke; St. Gabriel Parish, Black River
St. Anne Parish, Harrisville;
St. Raphael Parish, Mikado
Ordained: Diocese of Lansing, May 21, 2011
Religious Sisters
65 YEARS
Sister Chris Herald, OP
Director of Parish Life:
St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Mackinaw City
Dominican Sisters of
Grand Rapids
Entered Novitiate: May 1961
