Keith Koehl is an American

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of the

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, United States, and former Vice Rector of the

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Biography

Keith Koehl was born and grew up in

La Grange, Texas La Grange ( ) is a city in Fayette County, Texas, United States, near the Colorado River. La Grange is in the center of the Texas-German belt. The population was 4,391 at the 2020 census, and in 2018 the estimated population was 4,632. La Grange ...

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. He attended

from August 1990 through May 1992 as a pre-

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, and major seminary at St. Mary’s Seminary in

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. He was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

to the priesthood for the

on May 24, 1997. Before Holy Trinity Seminary, Koehl served as the

pastor A pastor (abbreviated as "Pr" or "Ptr" , or "Ps" ) is the leader of a Christian congregation who also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation. In Lutheranism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and ...

of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in

Hutto, Texas Hutto is a city in Williamson County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Austin–Round Rock metropolitan area. The population was 27,577 at the 2020 census. Geography Hutto is located at (30.544517, −97.545198), about seven miles (11&nb ...

(2006-2016), overseeing the establishment of its new church site and parish offices as the parish grew to over 600 families. His previous assignments include

parochial vicar A vicar (; Latin: ''vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pre ...

at St. Mary’s Catholic Center, a

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at Texas A&M University in College Station (2001-2006), as well as parochial vicar at St. Thomas More Catholic Church (Austin, Texas) (1997-2001).

References

External links

Biography on Holy Trinity Seminary website

St. Patrick Catholic Church website
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