By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News
In a follow up message to his June 5 letter, Bishop Mark Hagemoen has released additional information about pastoral assignments and parish organization in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon, specifically affecting parishes in the Wilkie region.
Bishop Hagemoen’s June 18 update – PDF
Bishop Announces First Round of Pastoral Appointments – ARTICLE
Catholic parishes at Handel and Leipzig will now join parishes at Biggar and at Landis under the leadership of pastor Fr. Paul Oshin, whose July 31, 2025 move from the Muesnter-Pilger-Burr cluster to the Biggar-area parishes was announced June 5.
Fr. Paul Oshin was announced as the new pastor of St. Mary Parish (Our Lady of the Assumption) in Handel, SK, and of St. Paschal Parish in Leipzig. He was also previously named as pastor of St. Gabriel, Biggar, and Our Lady of Fatima, Landis.
St. James Parish at Wilkie will now be part of the cluster that includes St. Peter Parish at Unity, SK, and St. Michael Parish at Tramping Lake, with Fr. Matthew Ramsay as pastor. Ramsay will continue as the Dean of the Kerrobert Deanery.
The present pastor of the Wilkie-area parishes, Fr. Rinesh Menambadath Chacko, VC, has been appointed as the new pastor of parishes at Kerrobert, Major, Dodsland, and Luseland. The new appointments take effect July 31.
Fr. Matthew Ramsay will be the new pastor of St. James Parish, Wilkie, while continuing as pastor of both St. Peter, Unity, and St. Michael, Tramping Lake.
“Please join me in praying for all our clergy and their ministries in our diocese,” wrote the bishop. “We ask for God’s continued blessings on them as they move into their new assignments.”
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Kiply Lukan Yaworski is the coordinator of communications for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon: rcdos.ca
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