Bishop John E. Keehner has announced a new assignment for one diocesan priest effective Aug. 5.
Father Travis M. Crotty, parochial vicar at Cathedral of the Epiphany and part-time chaplain at Bishop Heelan Catholic High School and Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, is, while continuing to serve as diocesan vocations director, assigned as parochial administrator of St. Patrick Parish in Estherville, Holy Family Parish in Emmetsburg and Immaculate Conception Parish in Graettinger with residence in Estherville. Father Travis Crotty A native of Varina, he graduated from Conception Seminary College in 2015 and attended major seminary at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in Shrewsbury, Mo.
He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Walker Nickless on June 6, 2020, at the Cathedral of the Epiphany in Sioux City. Father Crotty has also served at All Saints Parish and Gehlen Catholic School in Le Mars as well as St. Joseph Parish, Ellendale.