Appointment of deans for the six regions of the Archdiocese of Atlanta has been announced by Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan. These appointments are effective Jan. 1, 1987 for a term of three years.

The priests in each deanery are asked to submit their recommendations for the post to the chancellor of the archdiocese. When their replies are received they are compiled and presented to the archbishop for final selection.

The deans, or vicar foranes (V.F.), are: Father Thomas J. Carroll, M.S., V.F., pastor of the Church of St. Ann in Marietta, Northwest Metro Deanery. Father Carroll has accepted the appointment for a second term.

Father Vincent J. Douglass C.SS.R., pastor of St. Gerard’s in Fort Oglethorpe, Northwest Rural Deanery.

Father Edward O’Connor, pastor of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Douglasville, South Metro Deanery.

Father Paul H. Reynolds, pastor of St. John Neumann in Lilburn, Northeast Metro Deanery.

Father Joseph F. Ware, pastor of St. Peter’s in LaGrange, South Rural Deanery.

Father Patrick J. McCormick, pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Hartwell, Northeast Rural Deanery. Earlier this year, Father McCormick was appointed dean to fill the vacancy occasioned by the transfer of Father O’Connor from St. Michael’s in Gainesville to the new parish in Douglasville.

The duties of the dean cover a wide area and include presiding over meetings of priests in his deanery, providing spiritual and material assistance to seriously ill priests, making recommendations to the archbishops of the need for new parishes.

The duties also include annual inspection of the parishes within the deanery, and the responsibility for the spiritual needs of priests within the deanery. He will also supervise shared efforts in dealing with mutual problems.

Parishes of the Northwest Metro Deanery are: Cathedral of Christ the King, St. Jude, Holy Spirit, Atlanta; St. Thomas Aquinas, Alpharetta; St. Catherine of Siena, Kennesaw; and its mission of St. Vincent de Paul, Dallas; St. Ann’s, Transfiguration, Holy Family and St. Joseph’s, Marietta; Church of St. Andrew, Roswell; St. Thomas the Apostle, Smyrna.

Parishes of the Northwest Rural Deanery are: St. Anthony’s Blue Ridge, and its mission, Good Samaritan, Ellijay; St. Clement’s, Calhoun; Our Lady of LaSalette, Canton, and its mission of Our Lady of the Mountains, Jasper; St. Francis of Assisi, Cartersville; St. Bernadette’s, Cedartown; St. Joseph’s, Dalton; St. Gerard’s, Fort Oglethorpe, and its mission of St. Jude, LaFayette; Our Lady of the Mount, Lookout Mountain, and St. Mary’s Rome.

Parishes of the South Metro Deanery are: Most Blessed Sacrament, Our Lady of Lourdes, Sacred Heart, St. Anthony’s, St. Paul of the Cross, Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, and the Catholic Center at Georgia Tech, Atlanta; Sts. Peter and Paul, Decatur; St. Theresa, Douglasville, St. Matthew’s, Fairburn, St. John the Evangelist, Hapeville; St. Philip Benizi, Jonesboro; St. John Vianney, Lithia Springs, and Holy Trinity, Peachtree City.

Parishes of the Northeast Metro Deanery are: Holy Cross, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Our Lady of the Assumption, the Catholic Center at Emory University, and the clergy faculty residence of St. Pius X High School, Atlanta; St. Pius X, Conyers; St. Thomas More, Decatur; All Saints, Dunwoody; St. Lawrence, Lawrenceville; St. John Neumann, Lilburn; Christ Our Hope, Lithonia; St. Patrick’s, Norcross; St. Oliver Plunkett, Snellville; Corpus Christi, Stone Mountain.

Parishes of the South Rural Deanery are: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Carrollton; Sacred Heart, Griffin, and its missions – St. Ann’s, Barnesville, the Forsyth Catholic Mission, and St. John the Baptist, Thomaston; St. Peter’s, LaGrange, and its mission of St. Elizabeth Seton, Manchester; St. James the Apostle, McDonough, and its mission of St. Mary, Jackson; Sacred Heart, Milledgeville; St. George’s, Newnan.

The parishes of the Northeast Rural Deanery are: St. Joseph’s and the Catholic Center at the University of Georgia, Athens; St. Francis of Assisi, Blairsville, and its mission of St. Paul the Apostle, Cleveland; Prince of Peace, Buford; St. Mark’s, Clarkesville, and its mission of St. Helena’s, Clayton; St. Augustine, Covington, and its mission of St. James, Madison; Good Shepherd, Cumming; St. Luke the Evangelist, Dahlonega, and its mission of Christ Redeemer, Dawsonville; St. Michael’s, Gainesville; Sacred Heart, Hartwell; St. Anna’s, Monroe, and its mission of St. Matthew’s, Winder; Queen of Angels, Thomson; St. Mary’s, Toccoa; St. Joseph’s, Washington and its missions of St. Mary’s, Elberton, and Purification, Sharon.