State Officers (2025-2026)
State Deputy: Francisco “Chico” Carmona, KHS, FMFD
State Chaplain: Rev. Gabriel Mosher O.P.
State Secretary: SK William “Wild Bill” Kelly, IPSD
State Treasurer: SK Chad Vargo, PGK
State Advocate: SK Stephen Gerichs
State Warden: SK Daniel Quintanilla, PGK
IPSD: SK William “Wild Bill” Kelly, IPSD
Utah District Master / KonB Pres: DM Nick Nielson, PSD
District Fryer: Rev. Anthony Shumway
Other State Team Members
Asst. State Chaplain: Rev. Anthony Shumway
Regional Growth Director: SK Chuck Davlin, PSD
Membership Director: SK William Mundy
State Trustees
Trustee 1: SK Charles E. Dover, Jr., PSD
Trustee 2: DM Nick Nielson, PSD
Trustee 3: SK Robert Masse, Jr., PSD
District Deputies
District 1 (777, 5347, 9849, 12959) SK George Muggee
District 2 (602, 5502, 12264) SK Joe Nesi
District 3 (6966, 11479, 13646) SK Alex Reynoso
District 4 (1136, 8606, 9561) SK Jon Gauchay
District 5 (7961, 12181, 14239) SK Robert Diaz
District 6 (5214, 10304, 13297) SK George Jockisch
District 7 (10733, 11246, 11812, 8350) SK Robert E Masse Jr, PSD
District 8 (6739, 9731, 17140) SK Barry Stine
District 9 (6010, 14399, 16127) SK William S Sevier
District 10 (14764, 15418, St Anns) SK Richard Green
District 11 (1129, 7401, 18695) Michael Akin
District 12 (2611, 6147, Moab, Montecello)SK William Mundy
Program Directors & Chairmen (2025-2026)
Program Director: SK John Carty
Faith Director: OPEN
Community Director: SK Mack Sheffield
Life Director: SK Patrick Schmitt
Family Director: Tim Soran Jr.
Evangelization & Faith Formation Director: SK Daniel Quintanilla
Youth Director: SK Jon Gauchay
Awards/Report Forms Director: SK William “Bill” Kelly, IPSD
Ceremonials Director: SK Stephen Gerichs
Membership Retention Chairman:SK William “Bill” Kelly, IPSD
Council Retention Chairman: SK Robert E Masse, Jr., PSD
Council Reactivation Chairman: SK Robert E Masse, Jr., PSD
Online Membership Chairman: Utah SK Doug Shane, PSD
Hispanic Council Growth Coordinator: SK Juan C. Arriaga
College Councils Coordinator: SK Richard Green
Insurance Promotion Chairman: SK William Mundy
Young Adult Outreach Chairman: SK Daniel Quintanilla
Round Table Chairman: SK Robert E Masse, Jr., PSD
Vocations Chairman: SK Andy Airriess, PSD
Public Relations Chairman: SK Marco Gonzalez
Special Olympics Chairman: SK David Matyjasik
Free Throw Chairman: SK Ron Mecham
Soccer Challenge Chairman: SK Dennis Robles
Pilgrim Icon Chairman: SK Greg Keller, PSD
McGivney Guild Chairman: SK Charles E. Dover, Jr., PSD
Silver Rose Chairman: SK Michael Leith
Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest Chairman: SK Larry Page
Affiliate/Retention: SK William “Bill” Kelly, IPSD
Carmelite Chairman: DD George Jockisch
Coats For Kids: SK Robert E Masse, Jr., PSD
Director of Fraternal Photographic Services: SK Andy Airriess, PSD
Ethnic Council Growth Coordinator: SK Juan C. Arriaga
Evangelization & Faith Formation Assistant Director: SK Greg Keller, PSD
Fisher House Liaison: SK Charles E. Dover, Jr., PSD
Historian: SK Andy Airriess, PSD
Holy Hours And Processionals: OPEN
Honest Abe: SK Art Grant
Keep Christ In Christmas Billboard: SK Ed Ortega
Keep Christ In Christmas Poster Contest Chair: SK Alex Reynoso
Knights On Bikes: Pres. Nick Nielson, PSD, MFD
MS Walk Chairman: SK Tim Lozano
Rosary Chairman: SK John Valdez
RSVP Chairman: SK Andy Airriess, PSD
Safe Environment: SK Stephen Gerichs
Scholarship Chairman: SK Charles E. Dover, Jr., PSD
Science Fair Liaison: OPEN
Scouting Chairman: SK Ray Salazar
State Convention 2026 Chair: DD Bob Diaz
Co-Chair, State Convention 2026:DD George Jockisch
Advisor, State Convention 2026:SK John Wainscott, PSD
Ultrasound Chairman: SK John Wainscott, PSD
Veteran Affairs Liaison: SK Joe Bouley
Webmaster (UtahKnights.org): Chris Hood
Assistant WebMaster: SD Frank Carmona, KHS, FMFD
State Calendar and Events: SD Frank Carmona, KHS, FMFD
Councils
Number | Council Name | Location | Grand Knight |
---|---|---|---|
602 | Salt Lake | Cathedral of the Madeleine - Salt Lake City | Edward Henkels |
777 | Ogden | St. Josephs Ogden | Matthew H Bedel |
1129 | St. Mary of the Assumption | Park City & Heber | John S. Carty |
1136 | Fr. Escalante | St. Francis of Assisi Orem / Provo | Dennis E Robles |
2611 | St. Anthony | Helper | Chad R Closs |
5214 | Bishop Hunt | St. Francis Xavier Kearns | Tim I Lozano |
5347 | Father DeSmet | Father DeSmet - Brigham City | |
5502 | St. Olafs | St. Olaf - Bountiful | Brian M Vallese |
6010 | St. Rose of Lima | Layton | William S Sevier |
6147 | Msgr. Giavonnoni | Notre Dame de Lourdes Price | John R Flores |
6739 | St. Marguerites | Tooele | SK James W Mc Manaman |
6966 | Corpus Christi | Blessed Sacrament Sandy | Gregory L. LeClaire |
7401 | Bishop Scanlan | St. James the Greater Vernal | Brad G Laney |
7961 | St. Joseph the Worker | St. Joseph the Worker West Jordan | SK Michael A. Anglin |
8350 | St. Peter and Paul | West Valley | |
8606 | Msgr. Edward F. Dowling | St. Peter American Fork | Rogelio Castaneda Jr |
9561 | Fr. Dominguez | Payson | Michael E Hacking |
9731 | Our Lady of Lourdes | Magna | Richard Manzanares |
9849 | St. James | St. James the Just Ogden | George Muggee |
10304 | St. Martin de Porres | Taylorsville | Richard J Sawaya |
10733 | Vic Giasson | St. George Parish St. George & Kanab | Michael Marino |
11246 | Fr. Joseph Valine | Christ the King Cedar City | Thomas P Whalen |
11479 | St. Thomas More | Cottonwood Heights | David C Lentz |
12181 | Mother Teresa of Calcutta | St. John the Baptist Draper | SK Luke Mercier |
12264 | St. Patrick | St. Patrick | Ernesto T Ortiz |
12959 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Logan | Nathan Andrew Morley |
13297 | St. Vincents | St. Vincent de Paul Holladay | Michael J Goleniewski |
14239 | St. Andrew | Riverton | SK Robert (Bob) Diaz |
14399 | Bishop Joseph L. Federal | Holy Family South Ogden | Michael G Mc Mahon |
14764 | Fr. Thomas Kraft | St. Catherine of Siena Salt Lake City | James Lord-Ender-Laing |
15418 | St. Ambrose | Salt Lake City | George J Lukasiewicz |
16127 | Deacon Douglas R. Sliger | Hill Air Force Base | Stacy P Labarko |
18695 | St. Lawreance Church | Heber City | Luis Jauregui |
Assemblies
Number | Name | Location | Councils | Faithful Navigator |
---|---|---|---|---|
1144 | Father Francisco Atanasio Dominguez | Western Salt Lake Valley | 5214, 7961, 8350, 10304 | SK Mark A Miller |
1146 | Father Escalante | Utah Valley | 1136, 8606, 9561, 18695 | SK Matthew Rhoades |
1429 | Rt. Rev. Msgr. Patrick M. Cushnahan | Greater Ogden Area | 777, 5347, 6010, 9849, 12959, 14399, 16127 | SK Gregory A Keller, PSD |
1570 | Carbon | Eastern Utah (Price, Helper, Vernal, Roosevelt) | 2611, 6147, 7401 | SK Eugene P Vea, FDD |
2393 | Bishop Scanlan | St. George | 10733 | SK Louis Mandrigues |
2577 | Reverend Thomas J. Meersman | Sandy, Cottonwood Heights, Draper, Midvale, Riverton, Holladay | 6966, 11479, 12181, 13297, 14239 | SK Patrick B Schmitt |
2636 | Padre Pio | Park City, East Salt Lake | 1129, 14764, 15418 | SK Robert B Foye |
3501 | Saint John Paul II | Cedar City | 11246 | SK Gerald E Calvasina |
3586 | Rev. Msgr. Robert C. Pollock | Bountiful and North Salt Lake | 602, 5502, 12264 | SK Joseph A Nesi |
3758 | Monsignor John J. Sullivan | Magna, Tooele, Wendover, Copperton | 6739, 9731 | SK Gabino Chacon-Escarcega |
Living Past State Deputies of Utah
1984-1986 State Deputy SK Michael T Cosgrove, PSD
1996-1998 State Deputy SK Joseph B Ligori, PSD, FMFD
2000-2002 State Deputy SK Sidney L Cowand, PSD
2002-2004 State Deputy SK John P Wainscott, PSD, FSD
2004-2006 State Deputy SK James N Leccia, PSD, FMFD
2006-2008 State Deputy SK Chuck E Dover Jr, PSD, FVSM, FMFD
2008-2009 State Deputy SK Douglas P Shane, PSD
2009-2010 State Deputy SK Chuck E Dover Jr, PSD, FVSM, FMFD
2010-2012 State Deputy SK Ray L Lopez, PSD
2012-2014 State Deputy SK Bob E Masse, Jr., PSD
2016-2018 State Deputy SK Andrew Airriess, PSD
2018-2020 State Deputy SK Gregory A Keller, PSD
2020-2022 State Deputy SK J. Nick Nielson, PSD
2020-2022 State Deputy SK William “Wild Bill” Kelly, PSD
PSD = Past State Deputy, FSD = Former Supreme Director, FVSM = Former Vice Supreme Master, FMFD = Former District Master, SK = Sir Knight (a Fourth Degree Knight)
All Past State Deputies of Utah
1906-1908 State Deputy W. L. Maginnis, PSD (777)
1908-1909 State Deputy James W. Killeen, PSD (602)
1909-1910 State Deputy Thomas J. O’Brien, PSD (602)
1910-1911 State Deputy George J. Gibson, PSD (602)
1911-1913 State Deputy S. A. Maginnis, PSD (777)
1913-1914 State Deputy W. E. Roche, PSD (777)
1914-1915 State Deputy John F. Welsh, PSD (1129)
1915-1916 State Deputy Daniel J. Laramie, PSD (602)
1916-1917 State Deputy Dr. John J. Galligan, PSD (602)
1917-1918 State Deputy Dr. James P. Dineen, PSD (777)
1918-1919 State Deputy S. Abbott Maginnis, PSD (602)
1919-1920 State Deputy Richard C. Treanor, PSD (602)
1920-1921 State Deputy Martin J. O’Connor, PSD (777)
1921-1922 State Deputy Roger I. McDonough, PSD (1129)
1922-1923 State Deputy James Ivers Jr., PSD (602)
1923-1924 State Deputy Raymond Morrissey, PSD (777)
1924-1925 State Deputy Dennis Harrington, PSD (1136)
1925-1926 State Deputy Charles A. Maguire, PSD (602)
1926-1927 State Deputy Austin J. Gibbons, PSD (1129)
1927-1928 State Deputy John A. Junk, PSD (777)
1928-1930 State Deputy Vere L. McCarthy, PSD (602)
1930-1931 State Deputy John V. Fennell, PSD (1136)
1931-1932 State Deputy Raymond Harriger, PSD (777)
1932-1933 State Deputy John C. Dwyer, PSD (602)
1933-1934 State Deputy Barney J. Vieta, PSD (2611)
1934-1935 State Deputy Harvey F. Cahill, PSD (777)
1935-1937 State Deputy W. Frank Liston, PSD (602)
1937-1938 State Deputy Harvey F. Cahill, PSD (777)
1938-1940 State Deputy John D. Rice, PSD (602)
1940-1941 State Deputy William F. Fisher, PSD (777)
1941-1942 State Deputy Charles B. Nelson, PSD (602)
1942-1943 State Deputy Albert Batiste, PSD (2611)
1943-1944 State Deputy Charles B. Nelson, PSD (602)
1944-1946 State Deputy Edward W. Brophy, PSD (777)
1946-1947 State Deputy John Mooney, PSD (602)
1947-1948 State Deputy Joseph B. Bonacci Jr., PSD (2611)
1948-1949 State Deputy Dr. C. O. Robinson, PSD (602)
1949-1950 State Deputy Henry Valdez, PSD (777)
1950-1951 State Deputy Tom Perrero, Sr., PSD (2611)
1951-1952 State Deputy Henry A. Poce, PSD (777)
1952-1953 State Deputy W.R. Rita, PSD (1136)
1953-1954 State Deputy Henry Hansmann, PSD (602)
1954-1955 State Deputy Anthony V Bonacci, PSD (2611)
1955-1956 State Deputy Mick ProFaizer, PSD (777)
1956-1957 State Deputy Frank J. Becker, PSD, FMFD (1136)
1957-1958 State Deputy Mike George, PSD (602)
1958-1959 State Deputy Virgil Moore, PSD (777)
1959-1960 State Deputy Mike George, PSD (602)
1960-1961 State Deputy Julius L. Zaccardi, PSD (1136)
1961-1962 State Deputy Royal V. Coburn, PSD (777)
1962-1963 State Deputy Joseph P. Fitzgerald, PSD (602)
1963-1965 State Deputy L. Wilson Thomas, Jr., PSD (1136)
1965-1966 State Deputy Tranquilino Otero, PSD (5214)
1966-1968 State Deputy Robert F. Phillips, PSD (5214)
1968-1969 State Deputy James M. Shulsen, PSD (5502)
1970-1972 State Deputy James F. Dailey, PSD (602)
1972-1973 State Deputy Vincent Kelly, PSD (5347)
1973-1974 State Deputy Lawrence Cunningham, PSD (1136)
1974-1976 State Deputy Robert Frost, PSD (5502)
1976-1978 State Deputy Edwin R. Schulfer, PSD, FVSM, FMFD (6010)
1978-1980 State Deputy Thomas J. O’Grady , PSD (5347)
1980-1982 State Deputy Robert E. Sorensen, PSD, FMFD (5214)
1982-1984 State Deputy Toby Trujillo, PSD (5214)
1984-1986 State Deputy Michael T. Cosgrove, PSD (5347)
1986-1988 State Deputy J. Robert Lavery, PSD, FMFD (5347)
1988-1990 State Deputy Richard A. Kane Jr. , PSD, FMFD (602)
1990-1992 State Deputy Henry C. Carlson, PSD, FMFD (9849)
1992-1994 State Deputy Ken Hults, PSD (1136)
1994-1996 State Deputy Rholand E. Lange, PSD, FMFD (5347)
1996-1998 State Deputy Joseph B. Ligori, PSD, FMFD (6966)
1998-2000 State Deputy Dan W. Higgins, PSD (602)
2000-2002 State Deputy Sidney L. J. Cowand, PSD (7961)
2002-2004 State Deputy John P. Wainscott, PSD, FSD (6966)
2004-2006 State Deputy James N. Leccia, PSD, FMFD (10304)
2006-2008 State Deputy Charles E. Dover Jr., PSD, FVSM, FMFD (10304)
2008-2009 State Deputy Douglas Shane, PSD (12181)
2010 State Deputy Charles E. Dover Jr., PSD, FVSM, FMFD (10304)
2010-2012 State Deputy Ray L. Lopez, PSD (1136)
2012-2014 State Deputy Robert J. Masse Jr., PSD (5214)
2014-2016 State Deputy Jerald P. Hanten, PSD (14239)
2016-2018 State Deputy Andrew Airriess, PSD (7961)
2018-2020 State Deputy Greg Keller, PSD (9849)
2020-2022 State Deputy J. Nick Nielson, PSD (5502)
2022-2024 State Deputy William “Bill” Kelly PSD (12181)
PSD = Past State Deputy, FSD = Former Supreme Director, FVSM = Former Vice Supreme Master, FMFD = Former District Master