CHARLOTTE — Officers for the Diocese of Charlotte’s Presbyteral Council – which advises the bishop in governance of the diocese - were elected earlier this month for 2023-24.
Reelected as chairman is Father Benjamin Roberts, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Monroe; vice chairman is Father Christian Cook, pastor of St. Margaret Mary Parish in Swannanoa; secretary is Father Matthew Codd, pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Charlotte; and treasurer is Father John Putnam, pastor of St. Mark Parish in Huntersville.
Required by Church law, the council represents all priests in the diocese and is “like a senate of the bishop” (Code of Canon Law 495 §1), with about half the members elected by priests and others appointed by the bishop.
— Catholic News Herald