Official Assignments

For the good of the people of God in the Diocese of Corpus Christi, Bishop Michael Mulvey has appointed Msgr. Louis Kihneman, III pastor of St. Phillip the Apostle Parish, while retaining his duties as Vicar General; Father Zenon Konowalek pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Violet; Father Emilio Jimenez pastor of St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish; and Father Jose Salazar, Jr. pastor at Nuestra Señora de San Juan de los Lagos, Madre de la Iglesia.

Bishop Mulvey also named Father John Xaviour as administrator of St. James Parish in Bishop and St. James Mission in Driscoll and Father Joseph Lopez, JCL as administrator pro tempore of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, while retaining his duties as Vocation Director.

Father Peter Stanley will serve as Chaplain for the St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center and Chapel at Texas A&M-Kingsville while residing at St. Gertrude Parish.

The bishop named Father John Chavarria parochial vicar at St. Pius X Parish in Corpus Christi, Father Joseph Thang Nguyen parochial vicar at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Father Alejandro O. Augustinus Saenz parochial vicar at Holy Family Parish in Corpus Christi and Father Patrick Higgins parochial vicar at Most Precious Blood Parish, while retaining his duties as chaplain of St. John Paul II High School, Bishop Garriga Middle School and the Deaf and Disabilities Ministry.

Bishop Mulvey also named Msgr. Roger Smith as Vicar of Priests, while retaining his duties as pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Corpus Christi. Father Piotr Koziel, STL will be in residence at Ss. Cyril & Methodius Parish while he completes his doctoral thesis.

All the appointements are effective July 1, except for Father Lopez's appointment which took effect on May 20.