Meet Our Seminarians

The Diocese of Des Moines is blessed with seminarians from a variety of backgrounds and life experiences. Representing rural and urban dioceses, as well as men who enter the seminary immediately after high school while others have gone on to earn degrees (and even start careers) before following the call to the priesthood.

Stan Asjes

Configuration III (Theology) | St. Paul Seminary | Basilica of St. John, Des Moines

Connor Lynch

Configuration II (Theology) | Pontifical North American College | St. Thomas Aquinas, Indianola

Luke Mohan

Configuration II (Theology) | St. Joseph's Seminary | St. Francis of Assisi, West Des Moines

Dominic Nguyen

Configuration II (Theology) | St. Paul Seminary | St. Peter Vietnamese Community, Des Moines

Matthew Johll

Configuration I (Theology) | St. Joseph's Seminary | Basilica of St. John, Des Moines

Kyle Rowan

Configuration I (Theology) | St. Joseph's Seminary | Sacred Heart, Bedford

Shawn Daley

Discipleship (Pre-Theology I) | St. Paul Seminary | St. Patrick Parish, Council Bluffs

Adam Hanten

Discipleship (College III) | St. Pius X Seminary | St. Theresa, Des Moines

Mike Posegate

Discipleship (College III) | St. Pius X Seminary | St. Pius X, Urbandale

Andrew Robey

Discipleship (College III) | St. Pius X Seminary | St. Joseph, Des Moines

Isaiah Peterson

Discipleship (College II) | St. Pius X Seminary | Basilica of St. John, Des Moines

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