Upper Peninsula of Northern Michigan – Several priests will be serving different parishes come July 3 with the clergy changes announced by Bishop Alexander K. Sample of the Catholic Diocese of Marquette.
Father Darryl Pepin, 60, will leave his 14-year pastorate of Our Lady of Peace Parish in Ironwood to become the pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Bark River and St. Joseph Mission in Foster City. Born in Escanaba, Fr. Pepin was ordained a priest on June 9, 1978 by Bishop Mark F. Schmitt at St. Peter Cathedral in Marquette. He has served parishes in Marquette, Manistique, Gulliver, Escanaba, Big Bay, Trenary, AuTrain and Iron Mountain, before coming to Ironwood in 1998. He was also the vocations director for the diocese for five years.
Father Robb Jurkovich (pronounced YER-keh-vich), 35, will be the new pastor of Our Lady of Peace Parish in Ironwood after spending the last six years in Menominee. He is leaving as pastor of Resurrection Parish and parochial administrator of Holy Spirit Parish, but also served at Holy Redeemer Parish in the past. Before that, Fr. Jurkovich was the associate pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Escanaba and St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Wells. Born in Marquette, he was ordained to the priesthood on June 11, 2004 by Bishop James H. Garland at St. Peter Cathedral in Marquette.
Succeeding Fr. Jurkovich in Menominee will be Father Mark McQuesten, 62, who has been appointed pastor of Resurrection Parish and Holy Spirit Parish. Fr. McQuesten has served as pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Bark River for the last five years and of St. Joseph Mission in Foster City for the last three years. In the past, he served parishes in Marquette, Ironwood, Rudyard, Trout Lake, Barbeau, Norway and Vulcan. He was also the Catholic Chaplain at the Kinross Correctional Facilities in the eastern U.P. Born in Detroit, Fr. McQuesten was ordained a priest on May 1, 1987 by Bishop Mark F. Schmitt at St. Peter Cathedral in Marquette.
Father Benjamin Hasse (pronounced HASS), 33, will return to the diocese after a year’s study at Mundelein Seminary in Ill. to obtain a licentiate in Sacred Theology. He has been appointed pastor of St. Sebastian Parish in Bessemer, Immaculate Conception Parish in Wakefield and St. Catherine Mission in Marenisco. Fr. Hasse, who grew up in Kingsford, was ordained to the priesthood on June 5, 2009 by Bishop Alexander K. Sample at St. Peter Cathedral in Marquette. His first priestly assignment was as associate pastor of St. Michael Parish in Marquette.
Father Joy Adimakkeel (pronounced AD-eh-meh-KEEL) has been relieved of his positions as pastor of the faith communities in Bessemer, Wakefield and Marenisco and will transfer to the Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas.
Father Theodore Brodeur (pronounced BROE-der) will be leaving his positions as pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Brimley and Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Mission in Bay Mills to serve as associate pastor of the parishes of St. Anne on Mackinac Island and St. Ignatius Loyola in St. Ignace. Father James Williams will return to senior priest status after serving as associate pastor at St. Anne’s on Mackinac Island for the last year.
Fr. Brodeur, 72, is a native of Detroit who was ordained a priest on June 4, 1966 by Bishop Thomas L. Noa at St. Peter Cathedral in Marquette. In the past, he has served parishes in Menominee, Negaunee, Escanaba, Ironwood, Grand Marais, Germfask, Goetzville, Hessel, Sault Ste. Marie and Sugar Island.
Succeeding Fr. Brodeur as pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Brimley and Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Mission in Bay Mills will be Father Augustine Jacob. Fr. Jacob, 43, spent the last year as associate pastor of St. Mary and St. Joseph Parish in iron Mountain and St. Rose Parish in Channing. After his ordination to the priesthood on December 26, 1995, he served as associate vicar and vicar at various parishes in India, as well as assistant manager and then manager of the Amal Jyothi College of Engineering.
Father Daniel Malone, 44, will become the parochial administrator of St. Rose Parish in Channing while he continues to serve as Chaplain of the Holy Cross Monastery in Iron Mountain. Father Malone, a member of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, was ordained a priest on May 19, 2007 and has served as chaplain of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns for just over one year.
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