Diocesan Pastoral Directory

Listing of Diocesan Priests

Adukus, Rev. Thaddeus Idanosi St. James Parish, 112 N. Sixth Street, P.O. Box 590, Riverton, IL 62561-0590

Office: (217) 629-7717 FAX: (217) 391-6590 E-mail: tadukus@dio.org

Born: February 2, 1962. Ordained September 7, 1991. Incardinated: Diocese of Auchi, Nigeria. Assistant Priest: St Paul’s Catholic Church, Benin City, 1991-1993; St Teresa’s Catholic Church, Benin City 1993-1994. Administrator: St Jude’s Catholic Church, Afuze, 1994-1996; Church of the Assumption, Udaba-Ekperi, 1996-2000. Student: Nigerian Law School, (Enugu Campus) 2001-2002. Called: Solicitor/Barrister of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, 2002. Assistant Priest: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Agenebode, 2002. Administrator: St Mary’s Catholic Church, Iviukwe 2003. Chancellor: Diocese of Auchi, Nigeria, 2003-2007. Diocese of Auchi, Nigeria, U.S.A. Mission Representative: 2005-2007. Parochial Vicar: St. Philip Neri Church, Bronx, NY, 2005-2007. Parochial Vicar: St. Benedict Church, Bronx, NY, 2008-2011. First Unit, Intensive Clinical Pastoral Education: Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, 2010. Residency: Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, 2011-2012. Chaplain: Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, 2013-2016. In residence: Blessed Sacrament Parish, Springfield, 2013-2016; Little Flower, Springfield, 2018-2023. Chaplain: Memorial Medical Center, 2018-2024. Parochial Administrator: St. James, Riverton, 2023-present.

Ahanonu, Rev. Kenneth Kanayochukwu. St. Francis Solanus Parish, 1721 College Ave., Quincy, IL 62301

Office: (217) 222-2898 FAX: (217) 222-3020

WhatsApp: 23-480-654-44730 E-mail: kahanonu@dio.org

Born: December 12, 1982. Ordained: July 14, 2012. Incardinated: Diocese of Nnewi, Nigeria. Parochial Vicar: St. Peter Claver Parish, Nnewichi Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria, 2012-2014. Spiritual Director and Music Director: St. Paul’s Minor Seminary, Ukpor, Anambra State, Nigeria, 2014-2017. Pastoral Collaborator/Student-priest: St. Camillus Parish, Grottaferrata, Rome, Italy, 2014-2024. Parochial Vicar: St. Francis Solanus, Quincy, 2024-present.

ALFORD, V.E., VERY REV. BRIAN C. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 524 E. Lawrence Ave., Springfield, IL 62703

Office: (217) 522-3342 FAX: (217) 522-1151

Diocesan Curia: (217) 698-8500 ext. 194 Diocesan Curia FAX: (217) 698-0802

Cellular: (217) 690-5242 E-mail: balford@dio.org

Born: March 9, 1979. Ordained: May 28, 2011. Parochial Vicar: Annunciation, Shumway, Sacred Heart, Effingham, and St. Anthony of Padua, Effingham, 2011-2013. Chaplain: St. Anthony High School, Effingham, 2012-2013. Associate Director: Office for Vocations: 2013. Master of Ceremonies to the Bishop: 2013-2016. Priest Secretary: 2013-2017. Director: Office for Vocations, 2013-2020; Department for Vocational Services, 2016-present. Associate Master of Ceremonies to the Bishop, 2016-2017. Pastor: St. Jude, Rochester, 2016-2020. Vicar for Priests: 2017 2020. Acting Director: Department for Evangelical and Catechetical Services, 2017-2018. College of Consultors: 2019-present. Rector: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Springfield, 2020-present. Vicar for Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations: 2020-present.

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