Boards, Commissions, Committees & Consultive Bodies

BUILDING COMMISSION

• Chairman: Robert Sisson
• Deacon Thomas M. Berg, Jr.
• William S. Davis
• Larry Dunn, P.E.
• Architect: John Eberts, Sr.
• Father Michael J. Lumpe

CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

614-241-2540

• CCHD Director: Erin Cordle
• Episcopal Moderator: Mark Huddy
• Jamaal Bell
• Matthew Bindi
• Becky Boyd
• Pat Gibboney
• Deacon Frank Iannarino
• Arthur Lee
• Bill Pritchett
• Madeline Stewart
• Mike Warner

THE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION

www.catholic-foundation.org
614-443-8893
614-443-8894 (f)

• President & CEO: Loren P. Brown

CATHOLIC TIMES

614-224-5195

• President: Bishop Robert J. Brennan
• Vice President: Msgr. Stephan J. Moloney
• Secretary/Treasurer: Dcn. Thomas M. Berg, Jr.

DIOCESAN BOARD OF REVIEW FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

614-224-2251
Victims Assistance Coordinator (hotline): 866-488-0217

• Chairman: Jed Morison
• Secretary: Dr. Kathleen Wodarcyk
• Dominic Cavello
• Dr. Paula Compton
• Father William Hahn
• Cynthia Fisher
• H. Tim Merkle
• Dr. Mary Ann Murphy
• Robert Taylor
• Mary Thompson
• Msgr. Stephan J. Moloney (ex officio)

DIOCESAN RETIREMENT PLANS FOR PRIESTS, FOR LAY EMPLOYEES AND FOR TEACHERS

• Chairman of Administration Board for Plans: 

MARRIAGE MINISTRIES NETWORK

familylife@columbuscatholic.org
614-241-2560

• Chairperson: Stephanie Rapp
• Ex officio: Deacon Thomas M. Berg, Jr.
• Natural Family Planning: Jennifer Fullin
• Marriage Preparation: Catherine Suprenant

OFFICE OF DIVINE WORSHIP

litmailbox@columbuscatholic.org
614-221-4640

• Director: Michelle Lemiesz, M.Div.

Sub-commissions (Art & Environment, Architectural, RCIA, Liturgy, and Music) are coordinated through the Office for Divine Worship. Please contact Michelle Lemiesz, Director of the Office for Divine Worship.

PRIESTS PERSONNEL BOARD

• Chairman: Fr. James Black
• Father Thomas Buffer
• Father Daniel Dury
• Father Craig Eilerman
• Father William Hahn
• Father Michael J. Lumpe
• Msgr. Stephan J. Moloney

• Bishop Robert J. Brennan
• Monsignor Stephan J. Moloney
• Monsignor William Dunn
• Very Rev. Michael Lumpe
• Rev. Mark Hammond
• Rev. Robert Penhallurick
• Rev. Joseph Yokum

DIOCESAN PASTORAL COUNCIL

Executive Secretary: Andrea Pannell
 1^st Chair: Jeff Zimmerman
2^nd Chair: Maria Horn
3^rd Chair: 
 
Members of the Council

1. Center-South Columbus Deanery              Carol Smith
2. East Columbus Deanery                              Dan Eisenhauer
3. Fairfield-Hocking-Pickaway Deanery        Patrick Gins
4. Knox-Licking Deanery                                  Bobbie Thomas
5. Marion Deanery                                            Vacant
6. Muskingum-Perry Deanery                         Maria Horn, 2nd  Chair
7. North High Deanery                                     Robin Baxter
8. Northland Columbus Deanery                    Robert A. Baumann
9. Northwest Columbus Deanery                   Jeff Zimmerman, 1^st Chair
10. Southern Deanery                                         Vacant
11. Tuscarawas-Holmes-Coshocton Deanery Matthew Fantin
12. West Columbus Deanery                             Bobbi Lindner

• Diaconate Council                                                    Deacon Frank Iannarino
• Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (DCCW)   Katie Boesch
• Presbyteral Council                                                 Rev. Thomas Petry

To access DPC documents, click here.

PRESBYTERAL COUNCIL

• Chairman: Fr. Thomas Buffer
• Vice Chairman: Fr. Jonathan Wilson
• Secretary: Fr. Bob Penhallurick

1. Center-South Columbus: Fr. Vincent Nguyen
2. Northwest Columbus: Fr. Robert Penhallurick
3. North High Columbus: Fr. Matthew Hoover
4. Northland Columbus: Fr. Thomas Petry
5. West Columbus: Fr. Leo Connolly
6. East Columbus: Fr. David J. Young
7. Marion: Fr. Thomas Buffer
8. Muskingum-Perry: vacant
9. Knox/Licking: Fr. Michael Gribble
10. Tuscarawas/Holmes/Coshocton: Fr. James Hatfield
11. Fairfield-Hocking-Pickaway: Fr. Craig Eilerman
12. Southern: Fr. Joseph T. Yokum

• Bishop's Appointee: Msgr. William A. Dunn
• Bishop's Appointee: Fr. Jonathan Wilson
• Bishop's Appointee:  Fr. Denis Kigozi
• Ex-Officio: Msgr. Stephan J. Moloney

DIACONAL COUNCIL

1. Fairfield/Hocking/Perry: Dcn. Jeffrey Carpenter
2. Knox/Licking/Muskingum: Dcn. Tim Birie
3. Marion/Delaware/Hardin: Dcn. Todd Tucky
4. North-Franklin: Dcn. William Demidovich
5. Northeast-Franklin: Dcn. Kevin Murrin
6. Northwest-Franklin: Dcn. Rob Joseph
7.  Scioto/Ross/Pickaway/Fayette/Vinton/Jackson: Dcn. Reed Hauser
8. Southeast-Franklin: Dcn. Jim Kelly
9. Southwest-Franklin/Madison: Dcn. Joe Knapke
10. Tuscarawas/Holmes/Coshocton: Dcn. David Lozowski

• Ex-Officio Members: Msgr. Stephan J. Moloney
• Ex-Officio Members: Dcn. Frank Iannarino

COUNCIL OF RELIGIOUS EXECUTIVE BOARD

• President: Sister Maureen Anne Shepard, OSF
• Father Stephen Alcott, OP
• Sister Joanne Fogarty, OSF
• Sister Barbara Kolesar, OP
• Sister John Paul Maher, OP
• Father Ramon Owera
• Sister Nereida Olmedo, HMSP
• Sr. Eileen Fitzsimmons, O Carm
• Sister Jean Welling, SC
• Sister Leonard Zielinska, OP

DIOCESAN FINANCE COUNCIL

• Chairman: Christopher Fidler
• Deacon Thomas M. Berg, Jr.
• Timothy Botts
• William S. Davis
• Michael De Ascentis
• Robert Hetterscheidt
• Kathy Houck
• Msgr. Stephan J. Moloney
• Father Bob Penhallurick
• Ed Walsh