Michael Roesch Joins Diocesan Staff
Michael Roesch joined the staff of the Diocese of Evansville Chancery on Sept. 22 in the newly created position of Vice-Chancellor. In making the announcement, Bishop Charles C. Thompson added that the Chancery is being reorganized, effective Jan. 1, 2015. As part of that process, diocesan Chief Operating Officer Tim McGuire will assume responsibilities as Chancellor of the diocese on Jan. 1, 2015.
Earlier this year, Chancellor Judy Neff announced her plans to retire at the end of December.
“Judy Neff has served the Catholic family of Southwest Indiana admirably as our Chancellor,” Bishop Thompson said. “We wish her the very best in her retirement and offer our sincere gratitude for her tremendous service to the diocese as Chancellor for the past 19 years.
“Judy’s retirement presented an opportunity for us to review the Chancery organization in light of changes that have occurred in diocesan management around the country over the past two decades,” Bishop Thompson added. “This reorganization enables us to adopt a model that has proved very effective in U.S. dioceses of all sizes.”
McGuire has served as Chief Operating Officer of the diocese since 2007. As Chancellor, he will continue to oversee the operation of the Chancery and all diocesan offices on a day-to-day basis.
Roesch has served the diocese in campus ministry since February 2009, when he became director of the University of Evansville Newman Center. He is a 2005 Cum Laude graduate of the University of Notre Dame, and earned a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies, Magna Cum Laude, from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute, in Washington, D.C., in 2008.
“Mike will assume many of the policy and procedural responsibilities of the former Chancellor position,” Bishop Thompson said. “We welcome him to the staff, and we thank Tim for accepting the additional role of diocesan Chancellor. These changes help assure that we will continue to serve the Catholic family across our 12 counties as effectively as possible.”
