14-05-2025
Diocese of Buffalo announces 2 education department appointments
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Diocese of Buffalo on Wednesday announced two new appointments to its Catholic education department.
Father Steven Jekielek, the Vicar Forane of the Niagara/Orleans Vicariate, was named as the deparment's finance manager and Michael Baumann, the chief operating officer at Cardinal O'Hara High School, was appointed the human resources manager.
Jekielek started his role in April and before priesthood, he worked at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Grand Island for 19 years.
Baumann will start in July. He was previously the superintendent of schools at Newfane Central Schools and an assistant superintendent at the Sweet Home Central School District.
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