Trinity Cluster announces new pastor in July

The Trinity Cluster, which includes St. Bridget Church in Postville, has announced that it will have a new pastor in July. Fr. Chris Podhajsky, who currently serves as pastor at both Immaculate Conception Church and St. Wenceslaus Church in Cedar Rapids, will replace Fr. Nils de Jesús Hernández, effective July 14.

Hernández, who has been pastor at the Cluster, which also includes St. Patrick, Monona and St. Mary, McGregor, since 2014, announced that he has been reassigned to serve six years at the Queen of Peace Parish in Waterloo. He had earlier announced, on April 13, that he had been reappointed to the Trinity Cluster for a second six-year term.

Podhajsky, 47, has served the past 12 years at both Immaculate Conception and St. Wenceslaus. He is a Traer native and Loras College graduate who began his career at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Mason City.

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