Father Luke A. Spannagel
Born: Effingham, Illinois
Birthday: October 30, 1976
Ordained: May 24, 2003
Current assignment:
Pastor of St. Philomena, Peoria (2024).
Past assignments:
Parochial Vicar of Sts. Peter and Paul, Nauvoo; Immaculate Conception, Carthage; Sacred Heart, Dallas City; and St. Mary, West Point (2003).
Assistant Chaplain of St. John Chapel, Champaign (2007).
Director of St. Francis of Assisi Newman Center, Macomb; Administrator of St. Patrick, Raritan (2010).
Parochial Vicar of St. Patrick of Merna, Bloomington (2011).
Chaplain of St. John’s Catholic Newman Center, Champaign (2014).
Pastor of St. Patrick, Urbana (2017).
Pastor of St. Mary, Rock Island and Sacred Heart, Rock Island (2019).Special assignment with the USCCB as a Preacher of the National Eucharistic Revival. Parochial Vicar for the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Peoria; Sacred Heart, Peoria; St. Bernard, Peoria; and St. Joseph, Peoria; Interim Assistant Chaplain of Peoria Notre Dame High School, Peoria (1/2023); in residence at St. Philomena, Peoria (2022).