Board of Regents
The Board of Regents of Conception Seminary College
The Board of Regents counsels and guides the seminary regarding policies and programs, in accordance with Church Law, standard American educational and management practice, and the mission of Conception Seminary College. Membership is primarily from the (arch)dioceses and/or religious communities served by Conception Seminary College, usually equally divided between official personnel and other professionals. Members of the Board are appointed for a term of three years upon recommendation by the Executive Committee of the Board and with confirmation by the Board. The Regents generally meet twice annually.
The responsibilities of the Board of Regents include the following: (1) approves the addition of new major programs and policies of relevance to the Seminary College as a whole, including major fund-raising campaigns, recruitment, alumni- and public-relations activities; (2) approves tuition, room and board charges for the Seminary; (3) approves and monitors the annual budget for consideration by the Abbey Planning and Finance Committee; (4) reviews Seminary programs; (5) advises in matters of re-accreditation and compliance with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Program of Priestly Formation, Fifth Edition.
Executive Committee
Most Rev. Joseph Hanefeldt
Chairman
Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska
Most Rev. James V. Johnston
Vice-Chairman
Bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri
Very Rev. Victor Schinstock, OSB
President-Rector
Conception Seminary College
Board Members
Mr. Peter Hutchison
Kansas City, Missouri
Most Rev. Joseph Naumann
Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas
Most Rev. David Konderla
Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Rev. Gregory Oligschlaeger
Monroe City, Missouri
Mr. James Kopp
Overland Park, Kansas
Rev. Ross Parker
Vocation Director
Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa
Mr. David Trotter
Atchison, Kansas
Mrs. Maria Ruiz-Scaperlanda
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Mr. Jon Schnieders
Olathe, Kansas
Mrs. Karen Miller
Kansas City, Missouri
Rev. Shane Deman
Director of Seminarians,
Diocese of Sioux City
Most Rev. Gerald Vincke
Bishop of Salina, Kansas
Rev. Msgr. Stuart Swetland
Kansas City, Kansas
Rev. Andrew Roza
Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska
Not Pictured:
Ms. Grace Mulcahy
Atchison, Kansas
Rev. Brian Buettner
Vocation Director
Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Rev. Tom Kiefer
Springfield, Missouri
Rev. Wesley Schawe
Vocation Director
Diocese of Dodge City, Kansas
