Sacred Heart's new rector announced: Msgr. Jeffrey Monforton

From the Sacred Heart Major Seminary website:

"Msgr. Jeffrey Monforton is the new rector/president of Sacred Heart Major Seminary. Ordained in 1994, he has served the Detroit archdiocese as a parish priest, teacher, and personal secretary to Cardinal Maida. Msgr. Monforton says he is "both humbled and honored" by the appointment. He succeeds Fr. Steven Boguslawski, O.P., who was named acting director of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center." [Read Sacred Heart's full press release here.]

From Msgr. Monforton's "Rector's welcome":

"I am both humbled and honored by the trust Cardinal Maida has placed in me as Rector/President of Sacred Heart Major Seminary. I leave a parish family I dearly love and now embrace the role of leading a seminary very close to my heart. While the 'simple way' of St. Thérèse of Lisieux has guided me in the role as pastor, the selfless love of Jesus' Sacred Heart galvanizes me to the mission of preparing our future priests and others pursuing a host of responsibilities in the Catholic Church."

Msgr. Monforton received a Bachelor's of Arts in Philosophy at Sacred Heart, and a Bacherlor's, Licentiate and Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Msgr. Monforton served (among other capacities) as Cardinal Maida's secretary for seven years, and has been a member of the Sacred Heart faculty since 2002. Msgr. Monforton was also an Apostolic Visitor during the recent Visitation of U.S. Seminaries. [Read his full biography here.]

Msgr. Monforton sounds like an excellent choice for Sacred Heart's new rector. I'd love to hear (via email or in the comments box) what other people have heard about him. Sacred Heart Major Seminary is the school where I am studying for my Master's degree (as a lay student), so needless to say, I'm very interested. Thanks!