Bishop Daniel Garcia appointed Very Reverend Thomas J. Reitmeyer, a priest of the Diocese of Austin, as Vicar General effective Jan. 12. Father Reitmeyer succeeds Bishop-elect James Misko who was recently appointed the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Tucson.

Father Reitmeyer was ordained to the priesthood in 2015. He has served at St. Albert the Great Parish in Austin, St. Joseph Parish in Killeen, St. John Vianney Parish in Round Rock, and St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Austin. He earned a Licentiate in Canon Law from the Catholic University of America in 2022.

He graduated from Texas A&M University in 2000 and worked as a police officer and detective with the College Station Police Department before he entered seminary to discern the call to the priesthood.

The new pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Austin will be named soon.