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OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
1933 Spielbusch Avenue
Toledo, Ohio 43604
Sally Oberski, Director of Communications 419.244.6711 x 148
Kelly O’Loughlin, Communications Coordinator 419.244.6711 x 149

DIOCESE OF TOLEDO ANNOUNCES PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS

          Toledo, Ohio – October 6, 2011   Bishop Leonard Blair has made the following appointments:

• Reverend John Raphael Hadnagy, OFM, Conv., as Pastor of Transfiguration of the Lord Parish, Upper Sandusky, effective September 13, 2011.

• Reverend Joseph Sekere as Parochial Vicar of Resurrection Parish, Lexington and Saint Mary of the Snows Parish, Mansfield, effective September 24, 2011.

• Deacon Gary Thrun is appointed to Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Toledo, effective October 1, 2011.

• Deacon James J. Cavera is appointed to Saint Aloysius Parish, Bowling Green from Immaculate Conception Parish, Bellevue, effective October 1, 2011.

The Diocese of Toledo, established April 15, 1910 encompasses 8222 square miles in a mixture of urban and rural areas that spans 19 counties across Northwest, serving 322,523 Catholics in 126 parishes. The diocese includes Allen, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood and Wyandot counties. 

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