St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish

Dear sisters and brothers in Christ,
I am very delighted to speak to you through this letter! First of all, I would like to thank His Grace, Archbishop Charles Thompson for assigning me to Richmond, with all the confidence and trust that he has in me. And, I thank you too for your prayers that you offered for the new pastor. Now, you know, it was me that you prayed for! I would like to offer my profound thanks to Fr. Dustin Boehm, Dean of Connersville Deanery, Fr. John Luerman and the staff for taking care of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parish since Fr. Kevin Morris passed away. I am looking forward to being with you and journeying with you in our common call to holiness, following our Lord, committing ourselves generously to His Holy Church in Richmond, Indiana.

I was born in India, on January 28, 1977; grew up in a small family of four siblings. I joined seminary after my Senior High in 1995 and was ordained a priest in 2007. I served as associate pastor in three parishes, each a year. While at the same time, making use of a government scholarship, I enrolled in Law School after my ordination. Upon completion of my law studies, I practiced law for a very brief time, until I was asked to consider missionary apostolate in U.S.A. I came to this beautiful country in 2011, served as associate pastor of St. Joseph, St. Martin, St. John and St. Paul (now All Saints Parish, Dearborn County). In 2012, I became pastor of St. Pius V and St. Michael parishes in Tell City Deanery. For a year, I was administrator of St. Isidore the Farmer parish, Bristow. In 2014, I enrolled in Licentiate in Sacred Theology (Master’s degree) focusing on the New Evangelization at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, and graduated on April 27, 2019. Finally, I have been serving as the Dean of the Tell City Deanery since 2017.

Please continue to pray for me that I would be faithful to our Lord’s call to be holy and be of help to everyone to be holy!

Fr. Sengole T. Gnanaraj, BA, BL, STL.