Bishop-elect John Keehner will be ordained and installed as the Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, on May 1, 2025. Here are the dates relevant to his ministry:
Birth
November 19, 1965 (Youngstown)
Education
The Pontifical College Josephinum (Columbus), 1985 to 1989
The Athenaeum of Ohio: Mount St. Mary’s Seminary and School of Theology (Cincinnati), 1989 to 1993
The Angelicum (Rome) 1997 to 1999—Licentiate in Canon Law
Ordination
Ordained to the Priesthood on June 12, 1993, by Bishop James Malone at St. Columba Cathedral (Youngstown)
Assignments
July 15, 1993, to 1997: Associate Pastor at St. Charles —now St. Catherine of Siena Parish (Boardman)
July 12, 1999, to 2012: Tribunal Judge
August 15, 2000, to 2007: Vice-rector at St. Columba Cathedral (Youngstown)
January 13, 2003, to 2012: Director of Campus Ministry at Youngstown State University
July 1, 2004, to 2009: Advocate, Episcopal Delegate, Judge, Defender of the Bond for the Tribunal
January 31, 2006, to 2007:
Pro-tem Administrator at St. Columba Cathedral (Youngstown)
May 7, 2007, to 2012:
Rector at St. Columba Cathedral and Pastor at St. Casimir Parish (Youngstown), which closed in 2010.
September 24, 2012, to 2019:
Pastor at St. Christine Parish (Youngstown)
August 7, 2017, to 2019:
Canonical Pastor at St. Luke Parish (Boardman)
August 8, 2019, to 2024:
Pastor at St. Paul Parish (North Canton)
July 1, 2022, to 2024:
Pastor at Holy Spirit Parish (Uniontown)
May 1, 2024, to March 23, 2025:
Pastor at Our Lady of Peace Parish (Ashtabula); Corpus Christi Parish (Conneaut) and St. Andrew Bobola Parish (Sheffield)
July 1, 2024 to March 23, 2025:
Pastor at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish (Geneva)
February 12, 2025:
Pope Francis named the Very Reverend John Keehner, JCL, VF, as the 8th Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa
March 23, 2025:
Resigned from his previous pastorates
May 1, 2025:
Ordained and installed as the eighth Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa
Other Roles
September 1, 1996:
Priests’ Council
May 1, 2004, to 2006:
Member of the Board of Mediation and Arbitration for the diocesan Office of Conciliation
March 28, 2008, to August 31, 2011:
Administrative Secretary for the Presbyterial Council
Ancient Order of Hibernians Ohio State Board Chaplain
2020 to 2024:
Ancient Order of Hibernians National Chaplain
June 1, 2021, to 2024:
Member of Presbyteral Council
June 8, 2021, to 2025:
Spiritual Director of the diocesan deacon program
