Diocesan Pastoral Directory

Jallas, Rev. Robert J. St. Mary Parish, 1802 Madison Ave., Edwardsville, IL 62025

Office: (618) 656-4857 E-mail: rjallas@dio.org

Born: July 10, 1958. Ordained: May 26, 1984. Parochial Vicar: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Springfield, 1984-1988; St. Thomas the Apostle, Decatur, 1988-1989. Parochial Administrator, later Pastor: St. Norbert, Hardin, St. Michael, Michael, St. Anselm, Kampsville and St. Agnes, Belleview, 1989-1993. Pastor: St. Matthew, Alton, 1993-1999. Parochial Administrator: St. Elizabeth, Granite City, 1996. Pastor: All Saints, Quincy, 1999-2004. Dean: Quincy Deanery, 1999-2004. Priest-Moderator: St. Anthony, Quincy, and St. Joseph, Quincy, 2003-2004. Parochial Administrator: St. Mary, Pittsfield, and Holy Redeemer, Barry, 2003-2004. Pastor: St. Agnes, Springfield, 2004-2019; St. Mary, Edwardsville, 2019-present.

Janoski, Rev. Steven A. St. Ambrose Parish, 820 W. Homer M. Adams Pkwy., Godfrey, IL 62035

Office: (618) 466-2921 FAX: (618) 466-2959 Rectory: (618) 433-1030 E-mail: sjanoski@dio.org

Born: December 23, 1957. Ordained: May 28, 1988. Parochial Vicar: Little Flower, Springfield, 1988; Our Saviour, Jacksonville, 1991; Blessed Sacrament, Springfield, 1992. Pastor: St. Norbert, Hardin, St. Michael, Michael, St. Anselm, Kampsville, and St. Agnes, Belleview, 1993-1996. Parochial Administrator: St. Elizabeth, Marine, St. Gertrude, Grantfork, and St. James, St. Jacob, 1996. Pastor: St. Jerome, Troy, 1996-2004. Leave of Absence: 2004-2006. In Residence: Little Flower, Springfield, 2006. Instructor: Sacred Heart-Griffin High School, Springfield, 2006-2009. Director of Campus Ministry: Benedictine University at Springfield, 2009-2015. In Residence: Christ the King, Springfield, 2012-2013. Director of Campus Ministry/Chaplain: University of Illinois at Springfield, 2012-2017. Pastor: St. Joseph, Springfield, 2013-2017; St. Ambrose, Godfrey, 2017-present.

Johnson, Rev. Robert Paul Mother of Perpetual Help Parish, 200 N. Lange Ave., Maryville, IL 62062

Office: (618) 344-6464 FAX: (618) 344-6493 Emergency: (618) 803-2158 E-mail: rjohnson@dio.org

Born: April 2, 1987. Ordained: May 26, 2018. Assist the Pastor: Holy Family, Decatur, 2017 2018. Parochial Vicar: St. Boniface, Edwardsville, 2018-2020. Chaplain: Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, 2018-present. Associate Director: Office for Vocations, 2019-2021. Pastor: Mother of Perpetual Help, Maryville, 2020-present. Associate Vocation Director: Alton Deanery, 2021-present. Director: Campus Ministry, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, 2024-present.

Kala, Rev. Paul Missionary Society of St. Theresa, P. O. Box 579, Wa, U/W/R, Ghana

Cellular: (618) 919-2285 E-mail: pkala@dio.org

Born: October 22, 1975. Ordained: May 29, 2010. Parochial Vicar: St. Paul, Highland, 2010-2012. Graduate Studies: Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, IL, 2012-2015. Chaplain: Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, 2012-2014. Parochial Vicar: St. Cecilia, Glen Carbon, and St. Mary, Edwardsville, 2013-2014. Parochial Administrator: St. Lawrence, Greenville, 2014-2017. Missionary Society of St. Theresa of the Little Flower, on loan to the Diocese of Wa, Ghana, ad experimentum , 2017-present.

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