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Diocese of Lexington 1 Directory 2021 DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON DIOCESAN DIRECTORY 2021 THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON 1310 WEST MAIN STREET LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY 40508-2048 (859) 253-1993 • FAX (859) 254-6284 • cdlex.org OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30 AM - NOON; 1:00 - 4:30 PM Diocese of Lexington 2 Directory 2021 Table of Contents Mission Statement . 3 Our Bishop . 5 Diocesan Statistics . 7 Diocesan Deaneries . 8 Diocesan Curia . 11 Diocesan Boards, Commissions & Committees . 13 Diocesan Department Personnel . 16 Campus Ministry & Newman Centers . 20 Service Agencies and Organizations . 22 Catholic Cemeteries . 28 Hospitals . 30 Health Care Centers . 33 Catholic Nursing Home . 35 Retreat Centers . 37 Catholic Schools . 39 Parishes, Missions, Shrines, Oratories . 42 Parish Life Directors . 60 Priests . 62 Seminarians . 66 Deacons . 67 Religious Communities of Women . 73 Women Religious . 76 Religious Communities of Men . 78 Men Religious . 79 Diocesan Priests by Seniority . 80 Religious Priests by Seniority . 82 Deacons by Seniority . 83 Necrology . 85 Ready Reference, Parish Phones . 86 Diocese of Lexington 3 Directory 2021 Diocese of Lexington 4 Directory 2021 Overview of the Diocese Diocese of Lexington 5 Directory 2021 Most Reverend John Stowe, OFM, Conv. Third Bishop of Lexington @ Ordained September 16, 1995 @ Consecrated & installed as Bishop of Lexington on May 5, 2015 Bishop John Stowe was born April 15, 1966, to John R. and Lucy Satelli Stowe of Lorain, Ohio. He attended grade school at Saint Anthony of Padua Parish staffed by the Conventual Franciscans and Lorain Catholic High School. After a year of community college, Bishop John joined the formation program for the Conventual Franciscan Province of Our Lady of Consolation at Saint Bonaventure Friary in St. Louis, Missouri. During the time of his candidacy he began studies in Philosophy and History at Saint Louis University and completed B.A.s in each in 1990 after an interruption for novitiate. In 1992 he professed solemn vows in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. Bishop John earned a Masters of Divinity and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology in the field of Church History from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (now affiliated with Santa Clara University). He served as a transitional deacon at Saint David of Wales Parish in Richmond, California, and com- pleted his diaconate at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in El Paso, Texas. In 1995 he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop A. James Quinn at his home parish of Saint Anthony in Lorain. He was assigned to continue at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church as associate pastor. The parish is at the site of the Ysleta Mission, founded in 1682, and the oldest parish in Texas. It is on the U.S.-Mexico border and includes the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of the Tigua tribe of Native Americans. Father John would continue as pastor of that parish. In December of 2002, Bishop John was invited by the Most Reverend Armando X. Ochoa, Bishop of El Paso, to serve the Diocese of El Paso as Moderator of the Curia and Vicar General. He later also served as Chancellor of the diocese. With a lack of priests in the diocese, Bishop John also as- sumed the role of Administrator of Our Lady of the Valley Parish there while serving in the Chancery. At the Province Chapter of 2010, Bishop John was elected Vicar Provincial of the Province of Our Lady of Consolation; he resigned from the Chancery in El Paso and became Pastor and Rector of the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey, Ohio (Toledo Diocese). He was re-elected vicar at the Chapter of 2014. During his time in El Paso, Bishop John taught in the Tepeyac Institute for lay ministry, in the per- manent diaconate formation programs for the Diocese of Las Cruces and El Paso, and was active in community organizing in an organization called EPISO. He was active in ecumenical and interfaith dialogue and frequently taught jointly with Rabbi Larry Bach of the Reformed Temple Mount Sinai. In the Franciscan Province Bishop John chaired the Peace and Justice Commission and the Finance Commission at different times and served a term as a definitor (provincial counselor) even prior to his election as vicar provincial. Pope Francis appointed Bishop John Stowe as the Third Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington on March 12, 2015. Diocese of Lexington 6 Directory 2021 Explanation of the Coat of Arms & Episcopal Motto of Bishop John Stowe The episcopal heraldic achievement, or bishop’s side) are the personal arms of Bishop John coat of arms, is composed of a shield, that is the Stowe. These are composed of a silver (white) central and most important part of the design and field on which is see a red eagle, the symbol tells to whom the design belongs, the external of Saint John, His Excellency’s baptismal ornamentation, that tells the owner’s position patron and his religious patron, as his name or rank, and a motto, placed upon a within his religious community is also scroll. By heraldic tradi- John. Below the eagle tion the design is de- is a black Tau cross, scribed (blazoned) emblematic of Saint as if being done by Francis of Assisi, the bearer with the founder of His Ex- shield being worn cellency’s commu- on the arm. Thus, nity, the Order of where it applies Friars Minor and it is the terms “sinister” and in black because that “dexter” are reversed as is a dominant color of the design is viewed the habit of the Conven- from the front. tual Franciscan. Upon For the bishop of a the tau is a green diocese, known as “Mary’s Key,” that an Ordinary, his can be seen hang- personal arms are ing from the belt joined (impaled) of the Blessed with the arms Virgin Mary, in of his jurisdic- her title of “Our tion; in this Lady of Conso- case the Diocese of Lexington. lation,” whose national shrine Bishop Stowe was rector at the time of his appointment to The arms of the diocese are composed of three become a bishop. sections (tirced) of red, silver (white) and blue, the national color of the United States. To the For his motto, His Excellency, Bishop Stowe left (dexter) the field is red with a sword, erect, has adopted the Latin phrase “ANNUNTIAMUS that is tip to chief, of silver (white) with the hilt VERBUM VITAE.” In this case, His Excellency in gold (yellow). The sword is the symbol of expresses the Scriptural direction about the Saint Paul, patron of the Diocese of Covington. life in Christ, that it is He who “announces the To the right (heraldic sinister) is a silver (white) words of life.” field that displays a blue fleur-de-lis, from the The achievement is completed with the external arms of the Archdiocese of Louisville. It was from ornaments that are a gold (yellow) processional the Covington and Louisville that the Diocese of cross, that extends above and below the shield, Lexington was carved. In base is a blue field, to and a pontifical hat, called a galero, with its six hone “the Blue Grass State” of Kentucky, that dis- tassels, in three rows, on either side of the shield, plays a silver (white) cross, upon which is a gold all in green. These are the heraldic insignia of a (yellow) diadem to honor Christ the King, titular prelate of the rank of bishop by instruction of the patron of the cathedral-church in the See City. Holy See, of March 1969. In the sinister impalement of the design (right ~ Deacon Paul J. Sullivan Diocese of Lexington 7 Directory 2021 The Catholic Diocese of Lexington The Catholic Diocese of Lexington is . 16,423 Square miles 5 Deacons from other dioceses 50 Counties 7 Parish Life Directors 40,159 Members 41 Women religious 59 Parishes and missions 7 Seminarians 2 Oratories 11 Catholic hospitals 39 Active diocesan priests 8 Primary care centers & 13 Active religious order priests healthcare ministries 4 Priests from other dioceses 1 Nursing & resident care facility 12 Retired diocesan priests 3 Centers for renewal & 74 Diocesan deacons spiritual growth Diocese of Lexington 8 Directory 2021 Six Deaneries of the Diocese of Lexington BLUEGRASS FAYETTE DEANERY EAST DEANERY BIG SANDY/ LICKING DEANERY BLUEGRASS WEST DEANERY MOUNTAIN WEST DEANERY MOUNTAIN EAST DEANERY FAYETTE DEANERY (All Fayette County parishes) Dean: Rev. Paul Prabell . (859) 273-1318 Alternate: Rev. Richard Watson . (859( 252-0738 The Cathedral of Christ the King St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Holy Spirit/Newman Center St. Paul Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary St. Peter Pax Christi St. Peter Claver BLUEGRASS WEST DEANERY Dean: Rev. John Moriarty . (859) 805-4892 Alternate: Rev. Linh Nguyen . (859) 863-3404 Anderson County Jessamine County St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg St. Luke, Nicholasville Boyle County Lincoln County Sts. Peter and Paul, Danville St. Sylvester, Ottenheim St. Mary, Perryville Mercer County Franklin County St. Andrew, Harrodsburg Good Shepherd, Frankfort Scott County Garrard County Sts. Francis and John, Georgetown St. William, Lancaster Woodford County St. Leo, Versailles Diocese of Lexington 9 Directory 2021 MOUNTAIN WEST DEANERY Dean: Rev. Jay Von Handorf ................................(859) 497-8464 Alternate: Rev. Mike Weglicki ...............................(606) 528-5222 Bell County Madison County (south) St. Anthony, Pineville St. Clare, Berea St. Julian, Middlesboro McCreary County Clay County Good Shepherd, Whitley City St. Ann, Manchester Pulaski County Jackson County St. Mildred, Somerset St. Paul, McKee Rockcastle County Knox County Our Lady of Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon Sacred Heart, Corbin Wayne County St. Gregory, Barbourville St. Peter, Monticello Laurel County Whitley County St. William, London Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Williamsburg St.