Father Johndamaseni Zilimu, Ph.D.
Location(s):
St. Matthew, Champaign, St. Boniface, Seymour
Position(s):
Incardination:
Incardinated in the Diocese of Peoria
Email:
frjohn@saintjohnpaulii-kewanee.org
History:
Born: Karagwe, Tanzania, East Africa
Birthday: January 31, 1965
Ordained: August 13, 1995
Current assignment:
Pastor of St. Matthew, Champaign (2023).
Past assignments:
Campus Ministry with residence at St. John Catholic Newman Center, Champaign (2000).
Parochial Vicar of Epiphany, Normal (2009).
Parochial Vicar of St. Matthew, Champaign (2010) and St. Boniface, Seymour (2012).
Administrator of St. Mary, Kewanee (2013).
Pastor of Saint John Paul II, Kewanee; Chaplain of OSF St. Luke Medical Center, Kewanee, (2014) and Pastor of St. John the Apostle, Woodhull; St. John the Evangelist, Galva; St. John Vianney, Cambridge (2021).
While remaining Pastor and Chaplain; Vicar Forane of the Kewanee Vicariate (01/01/2022).