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  • About Us
    • About Us / Staff
    • Our Seminarians
    • Men & Women of the Archdiocese Entering Religious Life
    • Bethany House
    • Seminarian Poster
    • Rite of Candidacy
    • Gallery
    • Religious Life For Women
    • Religious Life For Men
    • Hermits & Consecrated Virginity
    • Secular Institutes
  • Am I Called?
    • Vocation Videos
    • Is God Calling Me? >
      • What is a vocation?
      • Steps for discernment
      • How will I know I am called?
      • Take the discernment "test"
      • Am I ready for the seminary?
    • Who Is the Priest?
    • Why Celibacy?
    • Becoming A Priest >
      • What is life like as a seminarian?
      • What does a seminarian study?
      • What is a seminarian?
    • FAQ about Priesthood
    • Next steps
    • Resources >
      • Prayers for Vocations
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      • Common concerns
      • Do's and Don'ts
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      • Parents Promoting Vocations
      • FAQ for Parents
    • SERRA
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    • Discernment Day with Bishop
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2023 Ordinations
Mary, Queen of the Clergy, Pray for Us!

Four New Priests were Ordained for the Archdiocese ​on May 27, 2023! 

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With praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God,
the Archdiocese of Saint Paul & Minneapolis
joyfully announces and invites you to 
the Ordination of
Kyle James Etzel
Ryan Jerome Glaser
William Francis Kratt
John Michael Rumpza
to the Sacred Order of the Priesthood
through the imposition of hands

and the invocation of the Holy Spirit
by His Excellency
The Most Reverend Bernard A. Hebda
Archbishop of Saint Paul & Minneapolis


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First Assignments begin on July 1, 2023
Fr. Kyle Etzel - Church of St. Joseph, West St. Paul
Fr. Ryan Glaser - Holy Name of Jesus, Wayzata
Fr. William Kratt - Church of St. Hubert, Chanhassen
​Fr. John Rumpza - Church of St. Odilia, Shoreview


Congratulations to our Eleven
​New Transitional Deacons!

These 11 men were ordained at the Basilica of St. Mary on Sunday, May 13, 2023


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New Deacons, from left, Deacon Brent Bowman, Deacon Philip Conklin, Deacon Frankie Floeder, Deacon Derek Gilde, Deacon Hjalmar Gudjonsson,
​ Deacon Sean Mulcare, Deacon Michael Panka, Deacon Alexander Rasset, Deacon Ryan Sustacek, Deacon Nicholas Vance and Deacon Christopher Yanta.


Congratulations to 11 new Deacons ordained for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis on May 13, 2023. 

God willing, these men will be ordained to the Priesthood of Jesus Christ on May 25, 2024 at the Cathedral of St. Paul  

SAVE THE DATE!
Archdiocesan Seminarians in Seminary Formation,
Michael Maloney & Joseph Wappes
will be Ordained to the Diaconate on September 28, 2023 
at St. Peter's Basilica at 11 a.m. (Rome Time) 

Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Office of Vocations
2260 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
(651)962-6890
stpaulpriest@10000vocations.org