Archdiocesan Administration

Unless otherwise stated, archdiocesan offices and agencies are located at:

Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Catholic Center
1400 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202-2367
317-236-1400, 1-800-382-9836, Fax: 317-236-1406

Office of the Archbishop
317-236-1403
Most Rev. Charles C. Thompson
Christa Bunch, Executive Assistant 

Office of the Vicar General
317-236-1405
Rev. Msgr. William F., Stumpf, PhD
Theresa Brydon, Executive Assistant 

Office of the Chancellor
317-236-7325
Dr. Christopher Walsh, EdD, Chancellor
Beth Roberts, Executive Assistant

Office of the Vicar Judicial
317-236-1460
Very Rev. Joseph L. Newton, JCL

Office of the General Counsel
317-236-1540
John S. (Jay) Mercer

Leadership Team
Most Rev. Charles C. Thompson
Rev. Msgr. William F. Stumpf, PhD, Vicar General
Dr. Christopher Walsh, EdD, Chancellor
Very Reverend Timothy Wyciskalla, VE
Brian Disney, EdD
Brian Burkert
Ken Ogorek
Andrea Wunnenberg

Council of Priests
Most Rev. Charles C. Thompson, President
Rev. James Farrell (Retired)
Rev. Douglas Marcotte
Rev. Showreddy Thirumalareddy
Rev. Michael O’Mara
Rev. Michael Prakasam
Rev. Elmer Dula, RCJ
Rev. Sean Danda
Rev. Tom Schliessmann
Rev. Randy Summers
Rev. Eric (Rick) Nagel
Rev. Luke Waugh, O.S.B.
Rev. Shaun Whittington
Rev. Msgr. William F. Stumpf, VG, Ex Officio
Very Rev. Timothy Wyciskalla, VE, Ex Officio
Very Rev. Joseph Newton, VJ, Ex Officio
Very Rev. James Brockmeier, VF, Ex Officio
Rev. Eric Augenstein, Ex Officio
Dr. Christopher Walsh, Chancellor, Observatory

Deans
Very Reverend Douglas W. Marcotte, VF
Very Reverend James M. Brockmeier, VF
Very Reverend Stephen W. Giannini, VF
Very Reverend John P. McCaslin, VF
Very Reverend Michael T. Keucher, VF
Very Reverend Patrick F. Hyde, OP, VF
Very Reverend Sengole Thomas Gnanaraj, VF
Very Reverend Jeremy M. Gries, VF
Very Reverend Daniel J. Staublin, VF
Very Reverend Anthony P. Hollowell, VF
Very Reverend Joby Puthussery, VF

College of Consultors
The following were appointed by Archbishop Thompson to comprise the College of Consultors
for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on August 25, 2025, for a period of five (5) years:
Most Rev. Charles C. Thompson, Chairman
Rev. Msgr. William F. Stumpf, VG
Very Rev. Timothy Wyciskalla, VE
Rev. Douglas Marcotte
Rev. Eric (Rick) Nagel
Rev. Thomas Schliessmann
Rev. Randall Summers
Rev. Luke Waugh, OSB

Finance Council
Most Rev. Charles C. Thompson, Chairman
Rev. Msgr. William F. Stumpf, PhD, Vicar General
Brian Burkert, Chief Financial Officer
Brian Carroll
J. Patrick Byrne
Steve Gutzwiler
Martha Lehman, JD
Lance Lyday
Bruce Rippe
Andy Rinzel
Jeff Whiting - Chair

Priests’ Personnel Board
Most Rev. Charles C. Thompson, President
Very Rev. Timothy M. Wyciskalla, VE, Ex Officio
Very Rev. Patrick Beidelman, VF
Rev. Dustin Boehm
Very Rev. Stephen Giannini, VF
Rev. Todd Goodson
Rev. Aaron Jenkins
Very Rev. John McCaslin, VF
Rev. Chris Wadelton

Catholic Community Foundation, Inc.
Advisory Board of Directors:
Most Rev. Charles C. Thompson, Chairman/Archbishop of Indianapolis
Rev. Msgr. William F. Stumpf, Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia
Jolinda Moore, Executive Director of the Catholic Community Foundation
Brian Burkert, Treasurer/CFO of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis
Jay Mercer, General Counsel
Chris Hirschfeld, President
Judith Palmer, Vice President
Mary Horn, Advisor to the Board
Jim Laudick, Advisor to the Board
Marty Van Der Burgt, Advisor to the Board
David O’Donnell, Advisor to the Board
Denise Hillenbrand, Advisor to the Board
Rev. Varghese Maliakkal, Advisor to the Board
Steve Keucher, Advisor to the Board

Deacons’ Personnel Board
Very Rev. Timothy Wyciskalla, VE, Chairman
Dcn. Dave Bartolowits, Chair
Dcn. Nathan Shallert
Dcn. Mark Schmidl
Dcn. Russ Woodard
Lynn Blackwell
Mary Giesting

Deacon Community Board
Very Rev. Timothy Wyciskalla, VE, Chairman
Dcn. Dave Bartolowits, Vice Chair
Dcn. Kerry Blandford
Dcn. Mike Braun
Dcn Ron Pirau
Dcn. Juan Carlos Ramirez
Dcn. Rick Cooper
Dcn Ron Freyer
Dcn. Elvin Hernandez
Dcn. Kevin Smith
Mrs. Kathy Anderson
Mrs. Lynn Bower
Mrs. Annna Daily
Mrs. Kathy Matthews