PASTORS:
1867 - 1st Mass, Rev. Michael Predergast, Archdiocese of St. Paul
1868 - Small church built - Mission Parish
1877 - Larger church built - Mission Parish
1882-1920 - Rev. David L. Murray
1920-1921 - Rev. Arthur R. Dorran
1921-1922 - Rev. John E. Scullen
1922-1946 - Rev. James V. Donavan
1946-1950 - Rev. Sabenus E. Mulcahy
1950-1952 - Rev. Peter S. Fafinski
1952-1967 - Rev. Herman Boecker
1967-1968 - Rev. Paul Breza
1968-1976 - Rev. Hilary McNallan
1976-1983 - Rev. Lawrence P. Ginther
1983-1991 - Rev. Paul Halloran
1991-2008 - Rev. Richard J. Dernek
2008-2012 - Rev. William J. Kulas
2012-2015 - Rev. Steve Peterson
2015-2019 - Rev. Thomas Niehaus
2019-2021- Rev. John Wilmot
2022- Present - Rev. William Becker
On June 22, 1988, St. Columbanus celebrated a very special occasion. For the first time in its history a member of the parish was ordained to the priesthood. Rev. William M. Becker was ordained in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Winona by the most Rev. John G. Vlazny, Bishop of the Winona Diocese. On June 26, 1988, Rev. Becker celebrated his first parish Mass in St. Columbanus Church, Blooming Prairie, MN.
