Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron announces the following appointments:
Fr. Timothy Birney, appointed moderator of the In Solidum team of priests who, with the other priests of the team, will lead the newly formed Downriver Vicariate Family 1 (Our Lady of the Angels Parish, Taylor; SS. Andrew and Benedict Parish, Detroit; St. Alfred Parish, Taylor; St. Andre Bessette Parish, Ecorse; St. Constance Parish, Taylor; St. Frances Cabrini Parish, Allen Park; St. Mary Magdalen Parish, Melvindale), effective July 1, 2021. Fr. Birney currently serves as pastor of St. Frances Cabrini Parish, Allen Park.
Fr. David Burgard, appointed moderator of the In Solidum team of priests who, with the other priests of the team, will lead the newly formed Monroe Vicariate Family 2 (St. Anne Parish, Monroe; St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Newport; St. John the Baptist Parish, Monroe; St. Mary Parish, Monroe; St. Michael Parish, Monroe), effective July 1, 2021. Fr. Burgard currently serves as pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish, Monroe and St. Mary Parish, Monroe.
Fr. Marc Gawronski, appointed moderator of the In Solidum team of priests who, with the other priests of the team, will lead the newly formed Downriver Vicariate Family 3 (Our Lady of the Woods Parish, Woodhaven; Sacred Heart Parish, Grosse Ile; St. Cyprian Parish, Riverview; St. Joseph Parish, Trenton; St. Roch Parish, Flat Rock; St. Timothy Parish, Trenton), effective July 1, 2021. Fr. Gawronski currently serves as pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Grosse Ile and St. Cyprian Parish, Riverview; and as temporary administrator of St. Joseph Parish, Trenton.
Msgr. Michael Hrydziuszko, appointed moderator of the In Solidum team of priests who, with the other priests of the team, will lead the newly formed Pontiac Vicariate Family 1 (St. Andrew Parish, Rochester; St. Irenaeus Parish, Rochester Hills; St. Mary of the Hills Parish, Rochester Hills), effective July 1, 2021. Msgr. Hrydziuszko currently serves as pastor of St. Andrew Parish, Rochester.
Fr. Shafique Masih, appointed moderator of the In Solidum team of priests who, with the other priests of the team, will lead the newly formed West Wayne Vicariate Family 4 (SS. Simon and Jude Parish, Westland; St. Mary Parish, Wayne; St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy Parish, Westland; St. Richard Parish, Westland; St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Garden City), effective July 1, 2021. Fr. Masih currently serves as pastor of St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy Parish, Westland.
Fr. Robert McCabe, appointed moderator of the In Solidum team of priests who, with the other priests of the team, will lead the newly formed West Wayne Vicariate Family 1 (Church of the Divine Child Parish, Dearborn; Sacred Heart Parish, Dearborn; St. Anselm Parish, Dearborn Heights; St. Linus Parish, Dearborn Heights; St. Sabina Parish, Dearborn Heights), effective July 1, 2021. Fr. McCabe currently serves as pastor of Church of the Divine Child Parish, Dearborn.
Fr. Gary Michalik, appointed moderator of the In Solidum team of priests who, with the other priests of the team, will lead the newly formed Northwest Wayne Vicariate Family 2 (Our Lady of Victory Parish, Northville; St. Colette Parish, Livonia; St. Edith Parish, Livonia; St. Kenneth Parish, Plymouth), effective July 1, 2021. Fr. Michalik currently serves as pastor of St. Colette Parish, Livonia.
Fr. Suresh Rajaian, SAC, with the concurrence of his provincial rector, Reverend Fr. Dr. Antony Dhas Prakasam, SAC, appointed moderator of the In Solidum team of priests who, with the other priests of the team, will lead the newly formed Downriver Vicariate Family 2 (Christ the Good Shepherd Parish, Lincoln Park; Our Lady of the Scapular Parish, Wyandotte; St. Pius X Parish, Southgate; St. Vincent Pallotti Parish, Wyandotte), effective July 1, 2021. Fr. Rajaian currently serves as pastor of St. Pius X Parish, Southgate.
Fr. Jeffrey Scheeler, OFM, with the concurrence of his superior, Very Reverend Mark Soehner, OFM, appointed moderator of the In Solidum team of priests who, with the other priests of the team, will lead the newly formed South Oakland Vicariate Family 5 (Church of the Transfiguration Parish, Southfield; Divine Providence (Lithuanian) Parish, Southfield; Our Lady of La Salette Parish, Berkley; Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish, Oak Park), effective July 1, 2021. Fr. Scheeler currently serves as pastor of Church of the Transfiguration Parish, Southfield.
