KAUKAUNA — Fr. Sudhakar Sivvam, better known as Fr. Sudha, arrived Tuesday from East Central India to begin his ministry with Kaukauna Catholic Parishes.
His arrival continues a tradition of priests from India, preceded by Fr. Kris and Fr. Raja.
Fr. Sudha, 43, has been an ordained priest for 15 years and has experience working in schools, according to the most recent parish bulletin.
Fr. Sudha’s arrival coincides with the departure of Associate Pastor, Fr. Mark Rydell.
Fr. Rydell was praised as being faith-filled, organized and hardworking in serving his parishioners in Kaukauna.
He has demonstrated a passion for visiting the homebound or those in the hospital, and has shown his love for his own vocation by starting a vocation discernment group at St. Ignatius.
