St. Mary's Cathedral

Clergy & Religious of St. Mary's

Pastors who have served St. Mary's parish:

• Rev. Almire Fairmont of Columbus (fall of 1861 to July, 1863)
• Rev. William Kelley of Columbus (July, 1863, to July, 1864)
• Rev. Philip Erlach of Columbus (August, 1865, to December 10, 1866)
• Rev. M. J. Ryan of Columbus (December 10, 1866, to December 1877). Rev. Ryan had charge of all missions from the Elkhorn river to Julesburg, Colorado.
• Rev. P. J. Erlach (December, 1877, to July, 1880)
• Rev. Richard Phelan (July 6, 1880, to March 10, 1884)
• Rev. Patrick S. Lynch (April, 1884, to October 7, 1886)
• Rev. Wunibald Wolf (October 7, 1886, to 1914)
• Rt. Rev. Monsignor August Heimes (1914 to 1941).
• Rt. Rev. Monsignor Leo Keating, V.G.
• Rev. Carl T. Hayden; Rev. Carl L. Ferris
• Rev. Robert L. Foster; Rev. Robert F. Chamberlain
• Very Rev. James D. O'Kane; Rev. Thomas A. Ryan
• Rev. Richard L. Piontkowski

Associate pastors who have served St. Mary's parish:

• Rev. Donald O'Brien
• Rev. Donald E. Larmore
• Rev. Bernard M. Berger
• Rev. James J. Janovec
• Rev. Richard Sullivan
• Rev. Gerald J. Harr
• Rev. Robert A. Karnish
• Rev. Miguel H. Guevara
• Rev. Raymond M. Kosmicki
• Rev. Francis T. Curran, Rev. Daniel K. Christensen
• Rev. Richard L. Piontkowski
• Rev. Thomas K. Reimers
• Rev. Alex J. Borzych
• Rev. David L. Rykawalder
• Rev. Paul J. Colling, Rev. Mark Maresh
• Rev. Harry Kurtenbach, Rev. José Chavez
• Rev. Phil Flott, Rev. Vince Parsons

Men from St. Mary's Cathedral ordained to the priesthood:

• Rev. William Windolph
• Rev. Thomas Cooney
• Rev. Thomas Dowd
• Rev. Daniel Fishburn
• Rev. John Scott
• Rev. Frank Hoelck
• Rev. Charles L. Torpey (December 20, 1969)
• Rev. Michael F. McDermott (January 26, 1979)
• Rev. James M. Hunt (May 13, 1983)
• Rev. Donald A. Buhrman (June 6, 1986)
• Rev. Timothy L. Stoner (May 31, 1996)

Women who have entered the religious life:

• Sister Barbara Bader
• Sister Jean Martin Bloomenrader
• Sister Innocentia Brennan
• Sister Emmerentia Burghardt
• Sister Christine Doman
• Sister Agnes Loretto Donigan
• Sister Rose Irene Gibbs
• Sister Laura Hoffa
• Sister Maria McDermott
• Sister Thomas Moore Moslander
• Sister Constance Mullin
• Sister Florentia Murphy
• Sister John Baptist Placke
• Sister Clare Marie Robeck
• Sister Madeline Rose
• Sister Walter Schlick
• Sister Ann Francis Sidel
• Sister Francis Xavier Thiel
• Sister Bertina Wissbaum
• All Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia, Kansas
• Sister Maria Fitzpatrick
• Sister Joan Michael McVeigh
• Sister Maria Del Rey Mangan
• All Dominicans of St. Catherine, Kentucky
• Sister Mary Augusta Fagan, Benedictine
• Sister Mary Agnes of Jesus Fitzpatrick, Cloistered Dominican
• Sisters Marilyn and Vincentia Kaufman, School Sisters of St. Francis, Milwaukee
• Sister Liboria Semler, Franciscans of Colorado Springs
• Sister Jean Marie Detweiler, Sisters of the Holy Humility of Mary