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Angotti Rev. Joseph A.	St. Peter Parish	LaPorte, IN
Barasinski Rev. John B.	St. Ann of the Dunes	Beverly Shores, IN
Beeching Rev. Roy T.	Ss. Peter/Paul Parish St. Joan of Arc Parish	Merrillville, IN Merrillville, IN
Bennis Rev. Terrence W.	Ss. Cyril & Methodius All Saints Parish	North Judson, IN San Pierre, IN
Bertino Rev. Dominic V.	St. Bridget Parish	Hobart, IN
Chadwick Rev. Brian D.	St. Andrew the Apostle	Merrillvile, IN
Ciesla Rev. Walter M.	St. Stanislaus Parish	Michigan City, IN
Corona Rev. Andrew J.	Nativity of Our Savior	Portage, IN
Dobrzynski Rev. Martin J.	St. Michael	Schererville, IN
Dudash Rev. Derrick F.	St. Helen Parish	Hebron, IN
Gaza Rev. J. Patrick	Ss. Monica and Luke Parish and St. Mark Parish	Gary, IN
Gibson Rev. Stephen G.	St. Mary Parish and St. Margaret Mary Parish	East Chicago, IN
Gonzalez C.PP.S. Rev. Juan	St. Patrick Parish	East Chicago, IN
Heimer Rev. Michael G.	St. Anthony Parish and St. John Kanty Parish	Walkerton, IN (Fish Lake)
Huber Rev. Kevin	Queen of All Saints, Administrator	Michigan City, IN
Kalich Rev. Patrick J.	St. Mary Parish	Crown Point, IN
Kalicky C.PP.S. Rev John	St. John the Baptist Parish Sacred Heart Parish St. Adalbert Parish Immaculate Conception Parish	Whiting, IN
Kew Rev. Lawrence J.	St. Catherine of Siena	Hammond, IN
Kime Rev. David W.	St. Joseph Parish	LaPorte, IN
Kosinski Rev. Stephen D.	All Saints Parish	Hammond, IN
Loncar OFM Conv. Rev. Stephen	St. Joseph the Worker Parish	Gary, IN
Maginot Rev. Michael L.	St. Stephen Martyr Parish	Merrillville, IN
Malagon Rev. Eduardo	St. Francis Xavier Parish	Lake Station, IN
Maletta Rev. Sammie L.	St. John the Evangelist Parish	St. John, IN
Mayer Rev. Douglas J.	St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish	Valparaiso, IN
McCarthy Rev. Kevin P.	St. Theresa of Avila Catholic Student Center	Valparaiso, IN
McClellan, Rev. Keith	Notre Dame Parish	Michigan City, IN
Meade Rev. James W.	St. Patrick Parish	Chesterton, IN
Mens Rev. Theodore J.	St. Mary Parish	Griffith, IN
Mischler Rev. Thomas E.	Holy Spirit	Winfield, IN
Mosley Rev. Charles A.	Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish	Hammond, IN
Moszur Rev. Edward J.	Our Lady of Grace Parish	Highland, IN
Muha Rev. Peter J.	Our Lady of Consolation Parish	Merrillville, IN
Niblick Rev. Charles W.	St. Maria Goretti Parish	Dyer, IN
Nordquist Rev. Theodore A.	St. Edward Parish	Lowell, IN
Orlinski Rev. Richard A.	St. John Bosco Parish St. Joseph Parish	Hammond, IN Hammond, IN
O'Toole Rev. William F.	St. Casimir Parish St. Patrick Parish	Hammond, IN East Chicago, IN
Pasala Rev. Lourdu	Assumption BVM Parish	New Chicago, IN
Pawlowski Rev. Joseph M.	St. Paul Parish	Valparaiso, IN
Plavcan Rev. Jon J.	Cathedral of the Holy Angels Holy Rosary Parish, Administrator	Gary, IN
Rakoczy Rev. Walter J.	St. Mary Immaculate Conception	Michigan City, IN
Scherer, Rev. Gary, C.PP.S.	St. John the Baptist Parish	Whiting, IN
Schweitzer Rev. Gerald H.	Sacred Heart Parish St. Martin of Tours Parish St. Mary Parish	Wanatah, IN LaCrosse, IN Otis, IN
Scott Rev. John V.	St. Thomas Aquinas	Knox, IN
Selladurai Rev. Selvaraj	St. Mary of the Lake Parish	Gary, IN
Siekierski Msgr John J.	St. Stanislaus Parish	East Chicago, IN
Skerl Rev. Alphonse	Holy Trinity (Hungarian)Parish	East Chicago, IN
Spanley Rev. Anthony	Holy Cross Parish	Hamlet, IN
Steffens Rev. Terrence J.	St. Joseph Parish	Dyer, IN
Tibbs Rev. Thomas T.	St. Mary Parish	Kouts, IN
Tlucek, OFM Rev. Edward	Holy Name Parish	Cedar Lake, IN
Virus Rev. Keith M.	St. James the Less Parish	Highland, IN
Williams Rev. Ian J.	Sacred Heart Parish	LaPorte, IN
Wozniak Rev. James E.	St. Matthias Parish	Crown Point, IN
Yadron Rev. Michael J.	St. Thomas More	Munster, IN
Zemelko Rev. John	Our Lady of Sorrows Parish	Valparaiso, IN
Zuziak S.D.S. Rev. Joseph R.	St. Hedwig	Merrillville, IN

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Gajardo, Rev. Leonardo	St. Paul Parish, Valparaiso
Henry, Rev. Lawrence, CSC	St. Anthony Memorial Health Center, Michigan City
Hoffman, Rev. Michael	St. Paul Parish, Valparaiso
Holicky, Rev. Gregory	St. Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers, Hammond
Holy, Rev. Richard	St. Thomas More Parish, Munster
Kopil, Rev. Michael	St. Michael Parish, Schererville and Director at Diocesan Vocations Office
Nowak, Rev. David	In Residence and temporary administrator at St. Patrick Parish, East Chicago
Pottakaran, Rev. Jose, CMI	St. Anthony Memorial Health Centers, Michigan City
Torres, Rev. Frank	Queen of All Saints Parish, Michigan City
Uko, Rev. Joseph	Chaplain, the Methodist Hospitals in Residence at Blessed Sacrament, Gary

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Blaney, Rev. Dennis	Sharing Meadows, Rolling Prairie
Charlebois, Msgr. Robert	Chicago, IL and Palm Springs, CA
Coriden, Rev. James	Washington, D.C.
Daniels, Rev. John	DeMotte, Indiana
De Cristobal, Rev. Fernando	East Chicago, Indiana
Dettmer, Rev. Alfred	Munster, Indiana
Dominik, Rev. Stanley	In Residence at Sacred Heart, Whiting, Indiana
Doyle, Rev. Charles	Michigan City, Indiana
Evers, Rev. Robert	Munster, Indiana
Gehring, Rev. Robert	Michigan City, Indiana
Gosnell, Rev. David	Westville, Indiana
Hand, Rev. Dennis	El Salvador
Heeg, Rev. Lawrence	Chesterton, Indiana
Hendricks, Rev. Claire	Columbia, Tennessee
Hogan, Rev. John	Michigan City, Indiana
Janeczek, Rev. Vladimir	Michigan City, Indiana
Kashmer, Rev. George	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Kelchak, Rev. Joseph	Crown Point, Indiana
Kish, Rev. Matthew	Albertine Home, Hammond, Indiana
Kronkowski, Rev. Leonard	Michigan City, Indiana
Lengerich, Msgr. Vincent	Carthagena, Ohio
Link, Rev. David	Prison Ministry, Michigan City
Litot, Msgr. Edward	LaPorte, Indiana
McGrogan, Rev. James	Chesterton, IN
Melevage, Msgr. F. J.	Valparaiso, Indiana
Morales, Msgr. John	Beverly Hills, California
Mroczkowski, Msgr.	Albertine Home, Hammond, Indiana
Murphy, Rev. Joseph V.	Hebron, Indiana
Nondorf, Rev. Aloysius	El Paso, Texas
Peil, Rev. William	Fort Wayne, Indiana
Semancik Msgr Joseph F.	East Chicago, IN
Sroka, Rev. Gerald	Michigan City, Indiana
Strebig, Rev. John	LaPorte, Indiana
Teles, Rev. Dennis	Walkerton (Fish Lake), IN
Tlapa, Rev. Richard	Merrillville, Indiana
Urbonas, Msgr. Ignatius	Lithuanian Catholic Mission Lemont, Illinois
Vamos, Rev. Joseph	Crown Point, IN
Zollinger, Msgr. Richard	Knox, Indiana

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Basilian Fathers
5959 Broadway
Merrillville, Indiana 46410
219-887-5284

Discalced Carmelite Fathers Monastery
1628 Ridge Road
Munster, Indiana 46321
219-838-7111

Our Lady of Lourdes Friary
12915 Parrish Avenue
Post Office Box 156
Cedar Lake, Indiana 46303
219-374-5931

Salvatorian Fathers
5755 Pennsylvania Street
Merrillville, Indiana 46410
219-884-0714

San Damiano Friary
12921 Parrish Avenue
Post Office Box 500
Cedar Lake, Indiana 46303
219-374-5741

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A dean is a priest, appointed by the bishop, with certain authority over the common pastoral activities of a specific area of the diocese. Among his responsibilities are to meet regularly with the bishop; convene monthly meetings of priests within the deanery; visit each parish, INthe deanery; and to mediate, INthe first instance for the bishop, INdeanery matters requiring conciliation, INpriest-priest or priest-lay concerns. If you have questions regarding Church matters, INyour area, you are encouraged to contact your dean.

Northlake Deanery
Rev. Richard A. Orlinski , Dean
219.398.2341

Parishes In the Northlake Deanery
East Chicago: Holy Trinity (Croatian), Holy Trinity (Hungarian), Our Lady of Guadalupe, Sacred Heart, St. John Cantius, St. Mary, St. Patrick, and St. Stanislaus
Hammond: All Saints, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Casimir, St. Catherine of Siena, St. John Bosco, St. Joseph, St. Margaret Mary, St. Mary
Whiting: Immaculate Conception, Sacred Heart, St. Adalbert, St. John the Baptist

Porter-Starke Deanery
Rev. Joseph M. Pawlowski , Dean
219.733.2955

Parishes in the Porter-Starke Deanery
Beverly Shores: St. Ann of the Dunes
Chesterton: St. Patrick
Hamlet: Holy Cross
Hebron: St. Helen
Knox: St. Thomas Aquinas
Koontz Lake: St. Dominic
Kouts: St. Mary
LaCrosse: St. Martin of Tours
Otis: St. Mary
North Judson: Ss. Cyril and Methodius
San Pierre: All Saints
Valparaiso: St. Elizabeth Seton, Our Lady of Sorrows, and St. Paul
Wanatah: Sacred Heart
Winfield Township: Holy Spirit

Southlake Deanery
Rev. Michael Yadron
219.980.2693

Parishes In the Southlake Deanery
Cedar Lake: Holy Name
Crown Point: St. Mary and St. Matthias
Dyer: St. Joseph and St. Maria Goretti
Gary: Blessed Sacrament
Griffith: St. Mary
Highland: Our Lady of Grace and St. James the Less
Lowell: St. Edward
Merrillville: Our Lady of Consolation, St. Andrew the Apostle, St. Joan of Arc, Ss. Peter and Paul, and St. Stephen, Martyr
Munster: St. Thomas More
Schererville: St. Michael
St. John: St. John the Evangelist

Gary-Hobart Deanery
Rev. Jon Plavcan
219.942.6441

Parishes in the Gary-Hobart Deanery
Gary: Cathedral of the Holy Angels, Holy Rosary, St. Ann, St. Hedwig, St. Joseph the Worker, St. Mark, St. Mary of the Lake, and Ss. Monica-Luke
Hobart: St. Bridget
New Chicago: Assumption BVM
Lake Station: St. Francis Xavier
Portage: Nativity of Our Savior

LaPorte Deanery
Rev. David Kime
219.362.9595

Parishes in the LaPorte Deanery
LaPorte: Sacred Heart, St. Joseph, and St. Peter
Michigan City: Notre Dame, Queen of All Saints, Sacred Heart, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, and St. Stanislaus Kostka
Rolling Prairie: St. John Kanty
Walkerton (Fish Lake): St. Anthony of Padua

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The diaconate is the first order or grade in ordained ministry. Any man who is to be ordained to the priesthood must first be ordained as a transitional deacon. Deacons serve in the ministries of liturgy, Word, and charity.

In 1979 the Diocese of Gary instituted a formation program for deacon candidates. The first permanent deacons were ordained in 1981. Deacons were also ordained in 1982, 1983, 2000, 2003 and 2007.

Liturgically, deacons can officiate at baptisms, weddings, wake services and funerals, and, when properly trained, preach. In addition, deacons can engage in other ministries, e.g., prisons, religious education, youth, etc.

Deacon Name	Parish in which serving as deacon	City
Deacon Robert Angelich	Holy Angels Cathedral	Gary, IN
Deacon John Bacon	St. Mary	Griffith, IN
Deacon David A. Bergstedt	St. Paul	Valparaiso, IN
Deacon Edwin J. Bodley	St. John the Evangelist	St. John, IN
Deacon Martin Brown	St. Casimir	Hammond, IN
Deacon Robert J. Bucheit	St. Joseph	LaPorte, IN
Deacon James Caristi	St. Paul	Valparaiso, IN
Deacon Joseph Codespoti	St. John the Evangelist	St. John, IN
Deacon Duane W. Dedelow	St. Joseph	Hammond, IN
Deacon James Etter	St. Joseph	Hammond, IN
Deacon Gregory G. Fabian	St. Matthias	Crown Point, IN
Deacon Michael Foster	St. Paul	Valparaiso, IN
Deacon Michael J. Green	St. Francis Xavier	Lake Station, IN
Deacon Thomas Gryzbek	St. Andrew	Merrillville, IN
Deacon Dennis Guernsey	Nativity of Our Savior	Portage, IN
Deacon Michael Halas	St. James	Highland, IN
Deacon William R. Hathaway	St. Edward	Lowell, IN
Deacon James Haugh	St. Stanislaus; Holy Trinity (Croatian)	East Chicago, IN
Deacon Christopher Hawkins	St. Peter	LaPorte, IN
Deacon Raymond E. Helfen	St. Patrick	East Chicago, IN
Deacon Leonard D. Holland	St. Francis Xavier	Lake Station, IN
Deacon Michael L. Hogan	St. James Parish	Highland, IN
Deacon Richard Huber	Nativity of Our Savior	Portage, IN
Deacon Victor Janowski	Notre Dame	Michigan City, IN
Deacon William Jones, Jr.	St. Patrick (July - December)	Chesterton, IN
Deacon Nicholas Jurasevich	St. Patrick	Chesterton, IN
Deacon David J. Kapala	St. Thomas More	Munster, IN
Deacon Jim F. Knopf	St. Mary	Kouts, IN
Deacon Thomas Kreidler	Our Lady of Grace	Highland, IN
Deacon Paul Krilich	St. John the Evangelist	St. John, IN
Deacon Jack Krol	St. Michael	Schererville, IN
Deacon Thomas R. Kubik	Holy Name	Cedar Lake, IN
Deacon Jamie Lewis	St. Bridget	Hobart, IN
Deacon Robert J. Litavecz	St. Stephen, Martyr	Merrillville, IN
Deacon Malcolm Lunsford	St. Peter and Paul	Merrillville, IN
Deacon Felipe Maldonado	St. Mary	East Chicago, IN
Deacon Joseph Manchak	St. John the Baptist	Whiting, IN
Deacon Robert W. Marben	St. Teresa of Avila Student Center	Valparaiso, IN
Deacon Roberto Mendoza	St. Edward	Lowell, IN
Deacon Phillip L. Muvich	St. Maria Goretti	Dyer, IN
Deacon Jeffery L. Newburn	The Catholic Communities of Sacred Heart, St. Martin of Tours & St. Mary	Wanatah, IN
Deacon Brian Nosbusch	St. Elizabeth Ann Seton	Valparaiso, IN
Deacon Mark Plaiss	Queen of All Saints	Michigan City, IN
Deacon Michael Prendergast	St. Elizabeth Seton	Valparaiso, IN
Deacon Ronald L. Pyle	St. Michael the Archangel	Schererville, IN
Deacon William P. Sayre	St. John the Evangelist	St. John, IN
Deacon Ed Shultz	St. John the Evangelist	St. John, IN
Deacon Joseph V. Stodola	St. Thomas More	Munster, IN
Deacon Napoleon C. Tabion	St. Thomas More	Munster, IN
Deacon Robert Viviano	St. John the Evangelist	St. John, IN
Deacon Dale Walsh	Sacred Heart	Wanatah, IN
Deacon Dale P. Webdell	Assumption of the BVM	New Chicago, IN
Deacon Steven Zubel	St. Joan of Arc	Merrillville, IN
Deacon Daniel Zurawski	St. Thomas More	Munster, IN

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Deacon Name	Parish in which serving as deacon	City
Deacon Robert J. Bonta	Senior Deacon -- Nativity of Our Savior	Portage, IN
Deacon Daniel L. Bowmar	Senior Deacon -- St. Stanislaus	Michigan City, IN
Deacon Sherman W. Brown	Senior Deacon -- Our Lady of Sorrows	Valparaiso, IN
Deacon Eugene L. Cichoracki	Senior Deacon -- Holy Spirit	Winfield Township, IN
Deacon Raymond Dec	Senior Deacon -- St. James	Highland, IN
Deacon Martin J. Denkhoff	Senior Deacon -- St. James	Highland, IN
Deacon Edwin Gatons	St. Michael	Schererville, IN
Deacon Robert E. Gill	Our Lady of Consolation	Merrillville, IN
Deacon Dennis Hawkins	Senior Deacon -- St. Peter	LaPorte, IN
Deacon James Keough	Senior Deacon -- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton	Valparaiso, IN
Deacon Edward Kozub	Holy Name	Cedar Lake, IN
Deacon Norman Neher	Senior Deacon -- Holy Spirit	Winfield, IN
Deacon John Roscoe Sr.	Senior Deacon -- St. Paul	Valparaiso, IN

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