Rev. Thomas F. Garthwaite-Assignment

Rev. Thomas F. Garthwaite

Ordained: 1955

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1955 Bishop of the La Crosse diocese was John Patrick Treacy (1948-1964)	1957	St. Patrick's	Mauston	WI	3/3 Pastor was Rev. John T. Murphy. Second priest was Francis P. Rushman.	St. Patrick's had a school with 353-369 students.
1957	1960	Holy Cross Seminary	La Crosse	WI	Faculty member	Seminary had 253 students.
1960	1963	St. Stephen's	Steven's Point	WI	2/2 Pastor was Very Rev. John R. McGinley (head of Wausau deanery)	St. Stephen's had a school with 570 students.
1963 Frederick William Freking replaced Treacy as Bishop (1964-1983)	1967	Sacred Heart of Jesus	Marshfield • Accused in 1991 of sexually abusing and physically beating a 14 year old girl 1963-1966, at Sacred Heart.	WI	3/3, 2/3 Third after pastor, Very Rev. LaVern H. Timmerman and Rev. James J. Lodzinski. In 1966, Garthwaite is assistant pastor to Timmerman, and Rev. James J. Logan is listed third.	Sacred Heart had a school with 420-485 students.
1967	1970	St. Joseph's Hospital	Arcadia	WI	Chaplain
1970	1975	St. Patrick's	Sparta	WI	2/2 Pastor was Rev. Bernard T. Kelly.	St. Patrick's had a school with around 190 students.
1975	1981	St. Anthony's	Augusta	WI	1/1
1975	1981	St. John the Apostle	Fall Creek	WI	1/1	St. John's was a mission church of St. Anthony's
1981 John Joseph Paul replaced Freking as Bishop (1983-1994)	1984	St. Joseph's	Kendall	WI	1/1
1981	1984	St. Patrick's	Elroy	WI	1/1	St. Patrick's was a mission church of St. Joseph's in Kendall.
1981	1984	St. John the Baptist	Wilton	WI	1/1	St. John's was a mission church of St. Joseph's in Kendall.
1984	1986	?	?	?		Garthwaite is not listed in the Directories for these years.
1986	1987	Absent on Sick Leave	?	?
1987	1991	Sacred Heart	Jim Falls	WI	1/1
1987	1991	St. Anthony's	Drywood	WI
1991	1992	Diocesan Presbyteral Council			member
1992 Raymond Leo Burke followed Paul as Bishop (1994-2003)	1999	Retired	West St. Paul	MN
1999	2002	Retired	Cashton	WI		Garthwaite no longer appears in the Directories after 2002.

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1956-2002).

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