Diocesan Pastoral Directory

Puthussery, S.A.C., Rev. Varghese Anthony St. Peter Parish, 711 S. 6th Street, Petersburg, IL 62675 Office/FAX: (217) 632-7118 Cell: (414) 308-8423 E-mail: vputhussery@dio.org

Born: March 30, 1961. Ordained: May 20, 1989. Associate Pastor: Sacred Heart Church, Bishrampur, CH, India 1989-1991; Pastor: Sacred Heart Church, Bishrampur, CH, India, 1992 1995; Sacred Heart Church, Aulia Mission, M.P., India, 1995-1998. Graduate Studies: Masters in Pastoral Theology, Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo De Manila University, Philippines; Associate Pastor: St. Peter’s Church, Manila, Philippines, 1998-2001. Director: Pallottine Animation Centre, Nagpur, India, 2001-2002. Executive Secretary: Commission for Laity and Family, Catholic Bishop’s Conference of India, 2002-2010. Spiritual Director: Pallottine Minor Seminary, Trivandrum Kerala, India, 2010-2011. Rector: Pallottine Minor Seminary, Trivandrum Kerala, India, 2011-2014. Provincial Rector: Prabhu Prakash Province, Pallottines, India, 2014-2020. Pastor: St. George Church, Calvary Munnoorppilly Kerala, India, 2020-2023. Parochial Administrator: St. John the Baptist, Arcola; Forty Martyrs, Tuscola; and Sacred Heart, Villa Grove, 2023-2024. Pastor: Holy Family, Athens, and St. Peter, Petersburg, 2024-present.

Ruane, O.P., Rev. Edward M. Monastery of Mary the Queen, 15635 Greenridge Road, Girard, IL 62640 Phone: (217) 627-2023 Email: edwardmruane@yahoo.com

Born: January 23, 1942. Ordained: May 24, 1969. Faculty, St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX, 1969-1971. Director of Religious Education, Diocese of Austin, TX, 1971-1974. Master of Novices, Province of St. Albert the Great, 1974-1979. Master of Novices, Dubuque, IA, 1974 1976. Master of Novices, Denver, CO, 1976-1979. Socius and Vicar Provincial, Province of St. Martin de Porres, New Orleans, LA, 1979-1981. Chaplain, St. Dominic Villa, Dubuque, IA, 1981-1985. Visiting Instructor (Homiletics), Catholic University of America, Washington, DC & Gettysburg Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, PA (Spring Semester), 1986. Faculty (Homiletics), Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Louis, MO, 1986-1994. Prior Provincial, Province of St. Albert the Great, 1994-2003. Sabbatical: Louvain, Belgium; Weston School of Theology, Cambridge, MA, 2003-2004. Parochial Vicar, St. Dominic Parish, Denver, CO, 2004-2006. Vicar General to the Master of the Order, Rome, Italy, 2006-2012. Pastor, St. Dominic Parish, Denver, CO, 2012-2018. Sabbatical, January-July, 2019. Faculty, Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Louis, MO, 2019-present. Chaplain, Dominican Nuns of the Monastery of Mary the Queen, Girard, IL, 2022-present.

Ruiz, O.F.M., Rev. Juan Carlos St. Francis of Assisi, 203 E. Main St., P. O. Box 730, Teutopolis, Il 62467

Office: (217) 857-6404 Cell: (708) 835-3328 E-mail: jruiz@dio.org

Born: January 15, 1969. Ordained: May 21, 2005.Parochial Vicar: St. Patrick Parish, Indianapolis, IN, 2005-2007. Chaplain: Quincy University, 2007-2009. Confessor: St. Peter, Chicago, IL, 2009. Parochial Vicar: St. Francis of Assisi, Teutopolis, 2022-2024. Pastor: St. Isidore the Farmer, Dieterich, 2024-present. Area Hispanic Ministry: Sacred Heart, Effingham, 2024-present.

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