Father Richard Adam
Pastor,
Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish
adamr@diodav.org
(563) 324-3257

Fr. Rich Adam became Pastor and Rector of Sacred Heart Cathedral on August 1, 2011.

A native of Richland, Fr. Adam graduated from St. Ambrose College in Davenport with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education and from the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, with a Master’s Degree in Counseling. He completed his Theology studies at St. John Seminary in Collegeville, MN. 

On June 17, 1988, he was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Sioux City at Sacred Heart Church in Fort Dodge by Bishop Lawrence Soens.  In the Sioux City Diocese Fr. Adam was Associate Pastor at  Corpus Christi Parish in Fort Dodge from 1988-90 and Blessed Sacrament Parish in Sioux City from 1990-92.    He then served as Pastor at St. Joseph Parish in Duncombe and on the faculty at St. Edmond High School in Fort Dodge from 1992-97. 

During a leave of absence, Fr. Adam was a counselor at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs from 1997-2001.  In 2001 he began his ministry in the Diocese of Davenport.  From 2001-2011 he was Administrator, then Pastor, of Holy Trinity Parish in Richmond, St. Mary Parish in Riverside and  St. Joseph Parish in Wellman.  Fr. Adam was incardinated into the Davenport Diocese in 2008.