Monsignor Gregory Ketcham died Thursday morning in the rectory at St. Patrick Church of Merna, where he became pastor in 2014, following an eight-year stay in Champaign-Urbana. BLOOMINGTON — Monsignor Gregory Ketcham, the beloved former chaplain and director of the UI's St. John's Catholic Newman Center, has died, the Diocese of Peoria announced Thursday. Just before the holidays, Monsignor Ketcham, 50, was placed in hospice care, a year and a half after sharing with his parish in Bloomington that he had been diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor. read more