03-13-23 – Bishop Mark E. Brennan has made public the following appointments:

Very Rev. Timothy J. Grassi, V.F., is appointed chaplain to Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, effective immediately. This is in addition to his current assignment as pastor of St. James the Greater Parish in Charles Town.

In consultation with Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal of the Diocese of Calicut in Kerala, India, Father Joseph Kutty K. Sebastian is appointed parochial vicar of Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Huntington and St. Stephen Parish in Ona with residence at the parish rectory in Ona, effective March 15, 2023.

In consultation with Rev. Father Jaya Raj Battula, HGN, provincial superior of the St. John Paul II Province of the Heralds of Good News, Father Pradeep Kumar Laladi, HGN, is appointed administrator of St. Peter Parish in Welch, Sacred Heart Mission in Powhatan, Our Lady of Victory Chapel in Gary, and Holy Cross Chapel in Pineville with residence at the parish rectory in Welch, effective March 15, 2023.