Priest Appointments

by Diocese of Des Moines | March 24, 2025

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Bishop WilliamJoensen made the following appointments.

Rev. Michael Acquah, from Diocesan Sacramental Ministry, to Parochial Administrator, St. Mary, Red Oak, and St. Patrick, Imogene, effective January 1, 2025 to July 1, 2025.

Rev. Thomas Thakadipuram, resigned as Pastor of St. Mary, Shenandoah, and St. Mary, Hamburg, effective February 20, 2025.  No current assignment.

Rev. Sylvester Okoh, while continuing as Pastor of St. Clare, Clarinda, St. Joseph, Villisca, and Sacred Heart, Bedford, to Parochial Administrator of St. Mary, Shenandoah, and St. Mary, Hamburg, effective February 21, 2025.

Diocese of Des Moines

The Diocese of Des Moines, created in 1911, serves people over a 12,446 square mile area in the southwestern quadrant of Iowa, including 23 counties.