Diocesan Pastoral Directory

Listing of Diocesan Priests

Adukus, Rev. Thaddeus Idanosi St. James Parish, 112 N. Sixth Street, P.O. Box 590, Riverton, IL 62561-0590

Office: (217) 629-7717 FAX: (217) 391-6590 E-mail: tadukus@dio.org

Born: February 2, 1962. Ordained September 7, 1991. Incardinated: Diocese of Auchi, Nigeria. Assistant Priest: St Paul’s Catholic Church, Benin City, 1991-1993; St Teresa’s Catholic Church, Benin City 1993-1994. Administrator: St Jude’s Catholic Church, Afuze, 1994-1996; Church of the Assumption, Udaba-Ekperi, 1996-2000. Student: Nigerian Law School, (Enugu Campus) 2001-2002. Called: Solicitor/Barrister of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, 2002. Assistant Priest: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Agenebode, 2002. Administrator: St Mary’s Catholic Church, Iviukwe 2003. Chancellor: Diocese of Auchi, Nigeria, 2003-2007. Diocese of Auchi, Nigeria, U.S.A. Mission Representative: 2005-2007. Parochial Vicar: St. Philip Neri Church, Bronx, NY, 2005-2007. Parochial Vicar: St. Benedict Church, Bronx, NY, 2008-2011. First Unit, Intensive Clinical Pastoral Education: Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, 2010. Residency: Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, 2011-2012. Chaplain: Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, 2013-2016. In residence: Blessed Sacrament Parish, Springfield, 2013-2016; Little Flower, Springfield, 2018-present. Chaplain: Memorial Medical Center, 2018-2024. Parochial Administrator: St. James, Riverton, 2023-present.

ALFORD, V.E., VERY REV. BRIAN C. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 524 E. Lawrence Ave., Springfield, IL 62703

Office: (217) 522-3342 FAX: (217) 522-1151

Diocesan Curia: (217) 698-8500 ext. 194 Diocesan Curia FAX: (217) 698-0802

Cellular: (217) 690-5242 E-mail: balford@dio.org

Born: March 9, 1979. Ordained: May 28, 2011. Parochial Vicar: Annunciation, Shumway, Sacred Heart, Effingham, and St. Anthony of Padua, Effingham, 2011-2013. Chaplain: St. Anthony High School, Effingham, 2012-2013. Associate Director: Office for Vocations: 2013. Master of Ceremonies to the Bishop: 2013-2016. Priest Secretary: 2013-2017. Director: Office for Vocations, 2013-2020; Department for Vocational Services, 2016-present. Associate Master of Ceremonies to the Bishop, 2016-2017. Pastor: St. Jude, Rochester, 2016-2020. Vicar for Priests: 2017 2020. Acting Director: Department for Evangelical and Catechetical Services, 2017-2018. College of Consultors: 2019-present. Rector: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Springfield, 2020-present. Vicar for Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations: 2020-present.

Allen, Rev. Albert F. Mailing Address: Annunciation Parish, P.O. Box 96, Shumway, IL 62461-0069 Church Address: 307 4th Street, Shumway, IL 62461 Rectory: P.O. Box 96, Shumway, IL 62401

Cellular: (217) 622-6688 E-mail: aallen@dio.org

Born: November 10, 1949. Ordained: May 26, 2012. Parochial Vicar: Annunciation, Shumway, Sacred Heart, Effingham, and St. Anthony of Padua, Effingham, 2012-2014. Chaplain: St. Anthony High School, Effingham, 2013-2014. Associate Chaplain: Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Catholic Campus Ministry, 2014-2017. Pastor: St. Cecilia, Glen Carbon 2014-2017. Member: Diocesan Finance Council, 2016-present. Parochial Administrator: Ss. Peter and Paul, Alton, 2016-2017. Dean: Litchfield Deanery, 2017-2020. Pastor: St. Louis, Nokomis, 2017-2020. Parochial Administrator: Mother of Dolors, Vandalia and St. Joseph, Ramsey, 2017-2018. Temporary Administrator: St. Mary Farmersville, St. Maurice, Morrisonville, St. Raymond, Raymond, 2019-2020. Pastor: St. Anthony of Padua, Effingham, 2020-2022; Annunciation, Shumway, 2020-present; Saint Mary Help of Christians (Green Creek), Effingham, 2022-present.

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