Monsignor Gerald T. Ward

Current assignment:

Senior Status, 2023

Incardination:

Incardinated in the Diocese of Peoria

Bio:

Born: Peoria, Illinois
Birthday: February 23, 1953
Ordained: May 26, 1979

Past assignments:

• Assistant of St. Ambrose (Milan), 1979.

• Assistant of Holy Trinity (Bloomington), 1982.

• Assistant of St. Matthew (Champaign), 1985.

• Pastor of St. Patrick (Elkhart), St. Thomas Aquinas (Mt. Pulaski), St. John (Middletown), Prison Ministry of Logan Correctional Center (Lincoln), 1988.

• Vicar Forane (Lincoln Vicariate), 1989.

• Pastor of St. Patrick Church of Merna (Bloomington), 1991.

• While remaining Pastor of St. Patrick Church of Merna; Administrator of St. Mary (Downs), 1996.

• Vicar Forane (Bloomington/Lincoln Vicariate), 2004.

• Pastor of St. Patrick Church of Merna (Bloomington), St. Mary (Downs), 2008.

• Chaplain to His Holiness, 2009.

• Pastor of Blessed Sacrament (Morton), 2014.

• Senior Status, 2023.