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Pastoral History of St. Mary's Parish

 

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August 14, 1910 - Church officially dedicated by Fr. Louis

Kaluza, Fr. Theo Fraling pastor

 

1923 - Fr. Theo Fraling assigned to another parish and Fr. Leo J. Lang as appointed

 

1930 - Fr. Tony Fischer assigned to St. Mary's

 

1935 - Fr. Joseph Kundinger became pastor for a few months, then St. Mary's became attached to Cashton and Fr. Timmeraman served

 

Sept. 1936 - John B. Pinion was appointed

 

1945 - Fr. J. Burgraft and Fr. Anderal alternated coming to Coon Valley

 

1947 - Bishop John P. Treacy asked Fr. Thomas J. Halloran to come and say one Mass and it turned into 25 years of service to St. Mary's

 

1960 - 1st Rectory purchased

 

1965 - Home next to parish was for sale and purchased to replace the original Rectory

 

June 1972 - Fr. Wagner appointed because Msgr. Holloran was having health issues.

 

Aug. 1981 - Fr. Edmund Doerre as appointed new pastor

 

1989 - Interim priest Fr. Norm Boneck Fr. Doerre appointed elsewhere

 

Sept. 1989 - Fr. Robert Hundt pastor along with St. Peter's of Middle Ridge

Oct. 1991 - Fr. David Kunz was assigned to St. Mary's and he was also an instructor at Aquinas High School

June 1995 - Fr. John McHugh assigned and connected with Aquinas High School

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1996 - Fr. Maryon Jordan becomes pastor of St. Mary's

 

Dec. 1998 - Fr. Maryon C. Jordan assigned

 

Jan 1998 - Fr. Robert Cook assigned as Parochial Administrator

 

Dec. 1998 - Fr. Zbigniw Kucharski from Poland becomes pastor

 

Aug. 2002 - Fr. Michael Klos became pastor

 

July 2004 - Fr. Dunklee assigned

 

2006 - Fr. Wayne Kidd assigned to St. Mary's

 

June 30, 2010 Fr. Kidd retires for health reasons

 

July 2010 Fr. Gorman, Dean of the La Crosse Deanery becomes administrator of St. Mary's

 

Oct. 2010 - St. Mary's aligned with St. Peters, Middle Ridge and St. Joseph's Parish, St. Joseph's Ridge administered by Fr. Francis Abuah-Quansah

 

July 2011 - St. Mary's remains aligned with St. Peter's and St. Joseph's under Fr. Joseph Nakwah

 

June 26, 2012 - Fr. William Dhein of Eau Claire becomes pastor and St. Mary's is aligned with St. Charles Borromeo, Genoa, WI

 

July 1, 2014 - Fr. Timothy Welles becomes pastor and St. Mary's is aligned with St. Joseph Rigde Parish

 

August 9, 2015 - Fr. John Selva Manohar is assigned pastor of St. Mary's and Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Viroqua

 

February 2016 - Fr. Mano resigned due to complications with his Visa from India.  Msgr. Michael J. Gorman has taken over as Parochial Administrator of St. Mary's and the Annunciation of the BVM, Viroqua.

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June 2017 to February 2018 Fr. Joseph Maria Arokiam, OFM Cap

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Mar 1, 2018-Pastor position vacant

 

May 8, 2018- Fr. Matthew Marshall  joins St. Mary's from Roncalli Newman/Blessed Sacrament Parishes and

 continues his other ministries as the Chaplain to the Hmong Community in La Crosse and Chaplain at Aquinas

.Middle and High School.

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August 6, 2020 - Fr. Matthew Marshall accepted assignment as Pastor of both St. Mary Parish, Coon Valley and  Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, Viroqua.  He continued as the Chaplain to the Hmong Community in La Crosse and resigned as Chaplain at Aquinas Middle and High School

 

On May 5, 2022 Fr. Matt Marshall resigned from all assignments - St. Mary's, Coon Valley and Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, Viroqua and the Hmong Ministry.  

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July 5, 2022 we welcomed Fr. Joseph Richards to St. Mary's, Coon Valley as joint priest with Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Parish, Viroqua.