Diocesan Assignments

Diocesan Assignments – Feb. 13, 2016

PASTOR

Rev. Francis J. Hughes, from administrator to pastor of St. Pancras, Glendale, effective Feb. 7.

Rev. Darrell DaCosta, from administrator to pastor of Our Lady of Fatima, Jackson Heights, effective Feb. 6.

Rev. Gabriel Lee, from administrator to pastor of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bayside, effective March 6.

 

PASTOR RELIGIOUS ORDER

Rev. Eugeniusz A. Kotlinski, C.M., from administrator to pastor of SS. Cyril and Methodius, Greenpoint, effective Nov. 15, 2015.

 

ADMINISTRATOR RELIGIOUS ORDER

Rev. Joel M. Warden, C.O., to administrator of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Brooklyn Heights, while remaining pastor of St. Boniface, Downtown Brooklyn, effective Jan. 31.

 

RESIDENCE

Rev. James H. Sweeney, from temporary residence at St. Andrew Avellino, Flushing, to residence at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr, Ozone Park, while remaining released from diocesan assignment for health reasons, effective Jan. 31.

Rev. Robert W. Blauvelt, from residence at the Bishop Mugavero Residence for Senior Priests, Douglaston, to residence at Queen of Peace Residence, Queens Village, while remaining in senior priest status, effective Jan. 31.

 

NON-INCARDINATED

Rev. Kieran O. Udeze, from residence to parochial vicar of St. Fortunata, New Lots, while remaining in CPE training, effective Jan 31.

Rev. Byoung Seon Jung, from parochial vicar of St. Paul Chong Ha-Sang, Flushing, to return to his home diocese in Korea, effective Jan. 3.

Rev. Jose F. Reyes, to ministry at St. Laurence, East New York, while remaining parochial vicar of St. Sylvester, City Line, and in residence at St. Fortunata, New Lots, effective Jan. 31.

Rev. Anthony K. Gyamerah, from residence at St. Catherine of Genoa, Flatbush, while studying at St. John’s University, Jamaica, to ministry in the Archdiocese of New York, effective Dec. 31, 2015.

Rev. Alexandre R. Morard, to ministry with Heart’s Home, Brooklyn, effective Jan. 31.

Rev. Msgr. Algimantas A. Bartkus, from residence at St. Stanislaus Kostka, Maspeth, to move out of the Diocese of Brooklyn, effective Dec. 31, 2015.

Rev. Chulhee (Simon) Kim, to parochial vicar of St. Paul Chong Ha-Sang, Flushing, effective Jan. 31.

 

RELIGIOUS ORDER

Rev. Jonkoo Ryu, K.M.S., from parochial vicar of Sacred Heart, Bayside, to return to ministry with the Korean Missionary Society, effective Jan. 8.

Rev. Sang Kyun Kim, K.M.S., from parochial vicar of St. Agatha, Sunset Park, to return to ministry with the Korean Missionary Society, effective Jan. 8.

Rev. David Barry, S.J., from chaplain of the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, to ministry in Pennsylvania, effective Dec. 31, 2015.

Rev. Brice Edwards, C.P., to residence at the Immaculate Conception Monastery, Jamaica, effective Dec. 18, 2015.

Rev. Marcin Wrobel, C.M., from residence, while studying at St. John’s University, Jamaica, to return to Poland, effective May 31, 2015

Rev. Jittapol Peter Plangklang, C.Ss.R, to residence, while attending classes, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Residence, Brooklyn, effective Sept. 1, 2015.

 

DEACON

Deacon Michael J. Brainerd, from deacon of St. Margaret, Middle Village, to deacon of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bayside, effective Jan. 31.

Deacon Louis Gonzalez, from deacon of St. Thomas Aquinas, Marine Park, to retired status for health reasons, effective Jan. 31.