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St. Benedict Parish was founded in 1878 with the arrival of three monks from St. Meinrad in Indiana. In the earliest years of the parish, most of the parishioners were German speaking. Provided below are the Pastors listed by years of service, as well as photos of each Pastor since 1878.
PASTORS OF ST. BENEDICT PARISH BY YEARS OF SERVICE- Fr. Wolgang Schlumpf (1878-1881)
- Fr. Bonaventure Binzegger (1881-1885)
- Fr. Wolfgang Schlumpf (1885-1888)
- Fr. Gall D'Aujourdhui (1888-1901)
- Fr. Pius Zwyssig (1901-1919)
- Fr. George Binkert (1919-1927)
- Fr. Conrad Herda (1928-1934)
- Fr. Alphonse Mueller (1934-1940)
- Fr. Herman Laux (1940-1941)
- Fr. Anthony Schroeder (1941-1945)
- Fr. Eugene Knoff (1945-1947)
- Fr. Francis Zimmerer (1947-1949: see abuse list)
- Fr. Patrick Hannon (1949-1953: see abuse list)
- Fr. Hilary Filiatreau (1953-1959)
- Fr. Andrew Wewer (1959-1962)
- Fr. Matthew Wiederkehr (1962-1964)
- Fr. Peter Sharum (1964-1975)
- Fr. Sebastian Beshoner (1975-1982)
- Fr. Paul Hoedebeck (1982-1989)
- Fr. Hilary Filiatreau (1989-1991)
- Fr. John Walbe (1991-1992)
- Fr. Denis Soerries (1992-2000)
- Fr. Victor Gillespie (2000-2005)
- Fr. Aaron Pirerra (2005-2016)
- Fr. Mark Stengel (2016-present)
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