Diocesan Assignments

Diocesan Assignments: April, 2015

PASTOR
Rev. Msgr. Denis M. Herron, from administrator to pastor of St. Fidelis, College Point, effective April 12.

TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR
Rev. Rony Mendes, to temporary administrator of St. Vincent Ferrer, East Flatbush, while remaining parochial vicar of Our Lady of Refuge, Flatbush, and chaplain of Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, Fort Greene/Clinton Hill, effective Feb. 15.

PAROCHIAL VICAR
Rev. Msgr. Paul W. Jervis, from sabbatical, to parochial vicar of St. Clare, Rosedale, effective March 15.

RETIRED
Rev. John S. Wtulich, from parochial vicar of St. Francis de Sales, Belle Harbor, to senior priest status, and to residence at St. Camillus-St. Virgilius, Rockaway Beach, effective April 1.

SABBATICAL
Rev. Msgr. Edward A. Ryan, to sabbatical, while remaining pastor of St. Gregory the Great, Bellerose, effective Sept. 1.

RESIDENCE
Rev. Matthew J. Diamond, from residence at St. Andrew Avellino, Flushing, to private residence, while remaining in senior priest status, effective March 1.

NON-INCARDINATED
Rev. Alfonso Bonilla, from parochial vicar of Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona, to return to his home diocese in Mexico, effective Feb. 28.

Rev. Gabriel A. Ahiarakwem, from parochial vicar of Divine Mercy, Williamsburg, to chaplain of Elmhurst Hospital, effective May 1.

Rev. Ronan B. Murphy, to residence at the St. Pope John Paul II House of Discernment, Cypress Hills, while ministering with the Marian Movement for Priests, effective March 29.

RELIGIOUS ORDER
Rev. Gregorius K. Nugroho, C.M., to residence at the Murray Residence, Jamaica, while studying at St. John’s University, Jamaica, effective Sept. 13, 2014.

Rev. Thomas Basquel, C.S.Sp., to parochial vicar of St. Camillus-St. Virgilius, Rockaway Beach, effective April 1.

Rev. Edgar Diaz, I.V.E., to temporary ministry at Mary, Mother of the Church, New Lots, effective Feb. 22.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT
Rev. August J. Iantosca, to chaplain and residence at the Queen of Peace Residence, Queens Village, while remaining chaplaincy liaison for the Hospital and Healthcare Chaplaincy Program, effective March 1.

Rev. Michael J. S. Bruno, from parochial vicar of St. Luke, Whitestone, to faculty of St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, effective June 30.

DEACON
Deacon Joseph H. Dass, from deacon of St. Gerard Majella, Hollis, to deacon of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jamaica, effective March 16.

Deacon John J. La Greca, from deacon of Our Lady of Guadalupe, to released from diocesan assignment, to move to the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey, effective June 30.