Priests from Kenton, Bellefontaine and LaRue
serving the Catholic Community in Ada
(1874-1948)

Fr. Anthony Siebenfoercher 1874-1881, 1883-1905
Fr. Joseph M. Quatman 1874
Fr. Honoratus Bourion, Bellefonfaine and Fr. Alfred D. Dexter 1881-82
A Mission of St. Patrick's in Bellefontaine 1882-83
Fr. Andrew Ebert and William Miguel 1883
Fr. John B. Dickhaus, Kenton 1884
Fr. Joseph Stoeppelman, LaRue 1886
Fr. William Conway, LaRue 1888
Fr. Michael Loney, LaRue 1890
Fr. Thomas Walsh, Bellefontaine and Fr. William Kelley, Fr. F. X. Lasance 1890-94
Fr. Joseph Denning, LaRue and Fr. J. Molloy, Fr. Venneman 1894-95
Fr. Edward "little Father" Ryan 1898
Fr. Edward Cotter (Catechism instruction on Saturdays) 1900-05
Fr. James "big Father" Ryan 1905-13
Fr. Edward Craeger 1913-19
Fr. John J. Brinker 1919-23
Fr. Louis Abt 1923
Fr. John J. Kelley 1923-33
Fr. Henry B. Westerhaus 1933-42
Fr. Cletus Reiger 1942
Fr. Frederick Laudick, Vicar Eoconomus 1943
Fr. William Meyer 1943-46
Fr. H. J. Shumacher and Fr. Edward Healey, Kenton 1946-48

Resident Pastors of
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish
(1948-present)

Fr. Richard Hoch 1948-54 (First resident pastor 1948)
Fr. Andrew Nugent 1954-55
Fr. Francis X. Schweitzer 1955-67
Fr. Leo Benedetti 1967-69
Fr. Samuel Durbin 1969-71
Msgr. Joseph E. McGlynn 1971-73
Fr. Richard Endres 1973-77
Fr. Arthur Wiles 1977-87
Fr. Thomas Kessler 1987-92
Fr. Ted Thomas 1992-96
Fr. Daniel Millisor 1996-2006
Fr. David J. Young 2006-2018
Fr. William J. Ferguson 2018 - 2020
Fr. Edward T. Shikina 2020 - 2023
Fr. Ryan Schmit 2023 - present