Fourteen priests residing in the Diocese of Columbus this year are celebrating significant anniversaries of their ordination to the priesthood.
This is the 60th anniversary year for Father David Glockner, GHM (Glenmary Home Missioners) and Father John E. Stattmiller; the 50th anniversary for Father James M. Coleman, Father Peter N. Gideon, Father James A. Klima and Father Daniel Ochs; the 40th anniversary for Father James Colopy, Father Daniel J. Millisor and Father Michael B. Watson and the 25th anniversary for Father Anthony Raj Bellamkonda Irudayum, Father Anthony A. Dinovo, Father Process Milton Kiocha, AJ, Father Joseph C. Klee and Father Jean-Luc Zadroga, OSB (Order of Saint Benedict).
60 Years
FATHER DAVID GLOCKNER, GHM
Age: 90, born in Portsmouth
Ordained: June 4, 1966 at the Glenmary seminary in Glendale, Ohio, by Auxiliary Bishop Edward McCarthy of Cincinnati
Assignments: Served as member of Glenmary Home Missioners in Sylvania, Georgia; Andrews, North Carolina; Spencer, West Virginia; Lebanon, Virginia; Gate City, Virginia; Antlers, Oklahoma; West Union, Ohio; Logan, West Virginia; Charleston, West Virginia, and Vanceburg, Kentucky; director of novices, Maple Mount Seminary, Owensboro, Kentucky; moved to Portsmouth in 2019 and serving in retirement at St. John Paul II Scioto Catholic Parish
FATHER JOHN E. STATTMILLER
Age: 86, born in Columbus
Ordained: May 28, 1966 at Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral by Bishop John Carberry
Assignments: Associate pastor, Columbus Christ the King, Lancaster St. Mary, Delaware St. Mary, Columbus St. Stephen the Martyr, Columbus St. Ladislas; pastor, Otway Our Lady of Lourdes, West Portsmouth Our Lady of Sorrows, Pond Creek Holy Trinity, St. Ladislas, Columbus Corpus Christi; teacher, Columbus Bishop Hartley High School, chaplain, Delaware Council 1056, Knights of Columbus; member, Diocesan College of Consultors. Retired, living in Otway
50 Years
FATHER JAMES M. COLEMAN
Age: 76, born in Paw Paw, Michigan
Ordained: May 8, 1976 as a priest of the PIME (Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions) missionary order at St. Mary Church in Paw Paw by Bishop Paul Donovan of Kalamazoo, Michigan
Assignments: Served in several places with the PIME order before becoming a priest of the Diocese of Columbus on July 10, 2003. Associate pastor, Columbus St. Timothy, Worthington St. Michael; pastor, Columbus Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. Retired, living in Columbus
FATHER PETER M. GIDEON
Age 76, born in Omaha, Nebraska
Ordained: June 13, 1976 at Worthington St. Michael Church by Bishop Edward Herrmann
Assignments: Associate pastor, New Lexington St. Rose, Lancaster St. Mary, Newark St. Francis de Sales; in residence, Columbus St. Francis of Assisi, Columbus St. Christopher; pastor, New Boston St. Monica, Wheelersburg St. Peter in Chains, Lancaster St. Mark; administrator, Sugar Grove St. Joseph, Portsmouth St. Mary, Portsmouth Holy Redeemer, St. Monica, St. Peter in Chains, St. Francis de Sales, Heath St. Leonard, Columbus Our Lady of Peace; teacher, Lancaster Fisher Catholic and Newark Catholic high schools; chaplain, Ohio State University Hospitals; member, Priests Senate, Diocesan Presbyteral Council; vicar forane, Scioto County Vicariate. Retired, living at Corning St. Bernard Church
FATHER JAMES A. KLIMA
Age: 77, born in Cleveland
Ordained: May 15, 1976 at Parma St. Charles Church by Bishop Herrmann
Assignments: Associate pastor, Delaware St. Mary, Reynoldsburg St. Pius X, Portsmouth St. Mary; pastor, Columbus St. Thomas the Apostle, Marion St. Mary, Pickerington St. Elizabeth Ann Seton; teacher, Columbus Bishop Hartley and Portsmouth Notre Dame high schools; director, diocesan youth ministry; emergency relief chaplain, St. Anthony Medical Center; chairman, Priests Senate; dean, East Deanery. Retired, living in Westerville
FATHER DANIEL OCHS
Age: 75, born in Olney, Illinois
Ordained: May 27, 1976 at Columbus St. Thomas the Apostle Church by Bishop Herrmann
Assignments: Associate pastor, Reynoldsburg St. Pius X, Columbus St. Anthony; in residence, Columbus St. Francis of Assisi, Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus Holy Cross; pastor, Delaware St. Mary, St. Pius X, Columbus St. Agatha; administrator, Columbus St. Timothy; chaplain, Ohio State University Hospitals, Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital, Ohio Wesleyan University, Central Ohio Marriage Encounter; pastoral care director, Mount Carmel Medical Center. Retired, living in Hilliard
40 Years
FATHER JAMES COLOPY
Age: 66, born in Mount Vernon
Ordained: May 17, 1986 at Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral by Bishop James Griffin
Assignments: Parochial vicar, Columbus St. Peter, Marion St. Mary, Reynoldsburg St. Pius X, Columbus St. Aloysius, Pickerington St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, New Albany Church of the Resurrection; in residence, Columbus St. Thomas the Apostle; pastor, Zaleski St. Sylvester, Columbus St. Dominic; chaplain, Ohio Wesleyan University
FATHER DANIEL J. MILLISOR
Age: 67, born in Marion
Ordained: May 17, 1986 at Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral by Bishop Griffin
Assignments: Parochial vicar, Columbus St. Agatha, Newark St. Francis de Sales, Lancaster St. Bernadette, Columbus St. Peter, Reynoldsburg St. Pius X; pastor, Ada Our Lady of Lourdes, West Jefferson Ss. Simon and Jude, Grove City Our Lady of Perpetual Help; chaplain, Riverside Methodist Hospital, Ohio Northern University; member, Priests Personnel Board; currently chaplain, Ohio Dominican University
FATHER MICHAEL B. WATSON
Age: 74, born in Columbus
Ordained: May 17, 1986 at Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral by Bishop Griffin
Assignments: Parochial vicar, Columbus Holy Spirit, Columbus St. Andrew; pastor, Marion St. Mary, Columbus St. Andrew, Delaware St. Mary; administrator, Columbus Holy Spirit, Grove City Our Lady of Perpetual Help; teacher, Columbus Bishop Hartley and Columbus Bishop Watterson high schools; currently in residence, Grove City Our Lady of Perpetual Help
25 Years
FATHER ANTHONY RAJ BELLAMKONDA IRUDAYUM
Age: 52, born in India
Ordained: April 22, 2001 as a priest of the Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore, India, at St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, Chennai, India, by Archbishop Arul Das James
Assignments: associate pastor, Our Lady of Fatima and Our Lady of Perpetual Help churches, Chennai; archdiocesan youth director; came to Canada in 2010; associate pastor, Guelph (Ontario) Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate and Hamilton (Ontario) Blessed Sacrament; returned to India in 2013; pastor, Chennai Our Lady of Health, Annai Velankanni and Sacred Heart churches; came to United States in 2024; parochial vicar, New Philadelphia Sacred Heart, Dennison Immaculate Conception; currently pastor, Columbus Our Lady of Peace
FATHER ANTHONY A. DINOVO
Age: 67, born in Delaware
Ordained: June 2, 2001 at St. Joseph Cathedral by Bishop Griffin
Assignments: parochial vicar, Columbus St. Andrew; pastor, Kenton Immaculate Conception, Worthington St. Michael the Archangel, London St. Patrick; dean, Marion Deanery; currently pastor, Newark Blessed Sacrament
FATHER PROCESS MILTON KIOCHA, AJ
Age: 57, born in Mrawi Shinga, Tanzania
Ordained: July 14, 2001 as a priest of the Apostles of Jesus order at Christ the King Cathedral, Moshi, Tanzania, by Bishop Amedeus Msarikie
Assignments: Parish of the Body and Blood of Christ, Naibili, Tanzania; Apostles of Jesus headquarters, Karen, Kenya; came to United States in 2006; Sancta Clara Monastery, Youngstown; in residence, Akron Visitation of Mary and Akron St. John the Baptist churches; parochial vicar, Reynoldsburg St. Pius X, Chillicothe St. Mary, Chillicothe St. Peter, Waverly St. Mary Queen of the Missions; chaplain, Rose-Mary and Parmadale Homes and Akron General Hospital, Diocese of Cleveland; prison ministry, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, Lucasville Southern Ohio Correctional Institution; chaplain, Columbus Bishop Ready High School; currently parochial vicar, Grove City Our Lady of Perpetual Help
FATHER JOSEPH C. KLEE
Age: 67, born in Findlay
Ordained: June 2, 2001 at St. Joseph Cathedral by Bishop Griffin
Assignments: Parochial vicar, Worthington St. Michael the Archangel; in residence, New Boston St. Monica, Columbus Sacred Heart, Columbus St. John the Baptist; chaplain, Portsmouth St. Joseph Adoration Monastery; Spanish-speaking ministry, Scioto County, Columbus St. Peter; prison ministry; chaplain, Mount Carmel Health System. Retired, living in Columbus
FATHER JEAN-LUC ZADROGA, OSB
Age: 52, born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Ordained: May 26, 2001 as a priest of the Order of Saint Benedict at Pittsburgh Saint Paul Cathedral by Bishop (later Cardinal) Donald Wuerl
Assignments: Green Tree St. Mary of Scotland, Ross Township St. Sebastian, Sewickley St. James and Aliquippa Mary Queen of Saints parishes, Diocese of Pittsburgh; chaplain, Pittsburgh North Catholic High School; currently pastor, Logan St. John the Evangelist Church