Diocesan Assignments

Diocesan Assignments – Jan. 16, 2016

ADMINISTRATOR

Rev. Richard J. Beuther, to administrator of St. Paul the Apostle, Corona, while remaining pastor of St. Bartholomew, Elmhurst, effective Jan. 31.

Very Rev. Edward R. P. Kane, to temporary administrator of St. Laurence, East New York, while remaining pastor of Holy Family, Canarsie, and dean of Brooklyn 7 Deanery, effective Jan. 31.

 

PAROCHIAL VICAR

Rev. William F. Sweeney, from chaplain of St. Francis Preparatory School, Fresh Meadows, to parochial vicar of St. Francis de Sales, Belle Harbor, effective Jan. 31.

Rev. Bony Monastere, from pastor of St. Laurence, East New York, to associate pastor of St. Paul the Apostle, Corona, while remaining coordinator of youth ministry for the Haitian National Apostolate, effective Jan. 31.

Rev. Raphael Munday Kukana, from parochial vicar of Our Lady of Mercy, Forest Hills, to ministry with Catholic Charities, and to residence at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, effective Jan. 31.

 

RESIDENCE

Rev. Msgr. John E. Mahoney, to residence at the Bishop Mugavero Residence for Senior Priests, Douglaston, while remaining in senior priest status, effective Dec. 28, 2015.

 

CHAPLAIN

Rev. Mark G. Simmons, from released from diocesan assignment for personal reasons, to chaplain of St. Francis Preparatory School, Fresh Meadows, and to residence at Holy Family, Flushing, effective Jan. 31.

 

NON-INCARDINATED

Rev. Emmanuel Nartey, from residence and ministry at Holy Trinity, Whitestone, to ministry to the Diocese of Rockville Centre, effective Dec. 31, 2015.

Rev. John Marciniak, to residence in Broad Channel, while in senior priest status from the Diocese of Norwich, Conn., effective Jan. 1.

Rev. Hector A. Restrepo, from temporary residence to parochial vicar of St. Bartholomew, Elmhurst, effective Sept. 1, 2015.

Rev. Grzegorz Stasiak, from parochial vicar of St. Catharine of Alexandria, Borough Park, to parochial vicar of Our Lady of Mercy, Forest Hills, effective Jan. 31.

Rev. Grzegorz P. Dziedzic, to parochial vicar of Most Precious Blood, Long Island City, effective Oct. 1, 2015.

 

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT

Rev. Msgr. David L. Cassato, to diocesan coordinator of ministry to the Italian Immigrants, while remaining pastor of St. Athanasius, Bensonhurst, administrator of St. Dominic, Bensonhurst, part-time chaplain of Bishop Kearney H.S., and part-time chaplain of the New York Police Department, effective Jan. 31.

Rev. Robert V. Mucci, to associate vicar for canonical affairs, while remaining pastor of St. Mark, Sheepshead Bay, administrator of St. Margaret Mary, Manhattan Beach, vice-chancellor, and diocesan judge of first instances, effective Nov. 16, 2015.

Rev. Jason N. Espinal, to diocesan coordinator of ministry to Immigrants from the Dominican Republic, while remaining parochial vicar at Our Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge, and regional director of vocations for Brooklyn West Vicariate, effective Jan. 1.

 

DEACON

Deacon Guillermo D. Gomez, to diocesan coordinator of ministry to the Colombian Immigrants, while remaining deacon of St. Gerard Majella, Hollis, effective Jan. 1.

Deacon Jaime A. Pinzon, to diocesan coordinator of ministry to the Guatemalan Immigrants, while remaining deacon of St. Joan of Arc, Jackson Heights, effective Jan 1.