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The Office of Finance is entrusted with responsibilities for the caring of property, managing temporal matters, making resources yield as much as possible, and sharing them with others.  The responsibilities involve a commitment to trust and accountability as defined by the USCCB Pastoral entitled Stewardship: A Disciple’s Response.  Our primary areas of operation include…

  • Revenue (contributions, gifts, fundraising, etc.)
  • Budgeting (operating and programming, solvency strategies, cash management, etc.)
  • Temporal goods (acquisition, maintenance, management, and alienation).
1310 W. Main Street
Lexington, KY 40508
Phone # 859-253-1993
Fax # 859-253-0939 (use when sending confidential information)

Records & Resources

The Catholic Diocese of Lexington has received a 100% rating on its financial transparency and accountability from Voice of the Faithful. We are pleased with this result, and pledge to continue to be open and responsible to the members of our Diocese, especially those who trust us with their sacrificial offerings.

Your support of the Catholic Diocese of Lexington allows us to bring the Joy of the Gospel to the people of Central and Eastern Kentucky, securing our presence in parishes and mission churches, and providing services to those in need.

A lay organization formed in January 2002 in response to the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, Voice of the Faithful uses a series of criteria to review the websites of Catholic Archdioceses and Dioceses across the United States.

Since its founding, Voice of the Faithful has worked consistently to support increased transparency and accountability for Church finances at the parish and the diocesan levels. Its members realized that there had sometimes been a lack of financial transparency, especially at the diocesan level, which had allowed clerical sexual abuse to go undetected.

To learn more about Voice of the Faithful, please visit https://www.votf.org

Staff

Debbie Swisher

Diocesan Finance Officer

859-253-1993 ext. 1043

dswisher@cdlex.org

Kathi Riegle

Director of Parish Finance

859-253-1993 ext. 1047

kriegle@cdlex.org

Jane Gorey

Administrative Specialist

859-253-1993 ext. 1046

jgorey@cdlex.org

Mary Gaona

Accounting & Finance Specialist

859-253-1993 ext. 1044

mgaona@cdlex.org

Ed Davis

Plant & Property

(859) 253-1045 ext. 1045

edavis@cdlex.org