Balash will serve as pro tem administrator effective immediately until Sept. 9.
The Catholic Diocese has announced the Very Reverend Micael D. Balash will temporarily replace Father Michael Swierz at Saint Patrick’s in Hubbard amid investigations into Swierz’s past.
Effective immediately, Balash will serve as pro tem administrator until Sept. 9. This is in addition to his responsibilities as Vicar for the Clergy and Religious Services, director for the Office of Worship and sacramental minister at Trumbull North Parishes.
A native of Hubbard, Balash went to St. Patrick School and Hubbard High School. He later earned his master’s in Divinity and master of arts in Biblical Studies at St. Mary’s of the West in Cincinnati.
He was ordained in 1987.
After Sept. 9, Reverend John Rovnak will become the parish’s administrator. Rovnak currently serves as the parochial vicar at Holy Family Parish in Poland and Saint Paul Parish in New Middletown.
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