Diocesan Assignments

Diocesan Assignments – December 12, 2015

PASTOR EMERITUS

Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Pawson, from pastor, to pastor emeritus of Our Lady of Lourdes, Queens Village, effective Jan. 31, 2016.

Rev. Robert P. Morales, from pastor, to pastor emeritus of Our Lady of the Cenacle, Richmond Hill, effective Jan. 31, 2016.

 

ADMINISTRATOR

Msgr. David L. Cassato, to administrator of St. Dominic, Bensonhurst, while remaining pastor of St. Athanasius, Bensonhurst, and part-time chaplain of Bishop Kearney H.S., and part-time chaplain of the NYPD, effective June 30.

 

TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR

Very Rev. Thomas G. Pettei, to temporary administrator of St. Matthias, Ridgewood, while remaining territorial episcopal vicar for Queens, effective Nov. 1.

Rev. William M. Hoppe, to temporary administrator of St. Paul the Apostle, Corona, while remaining pastor of St. Leo, Corona, effective Nov. 1.

 

PAROCHIAL VICAR

Rev. Francis J. Mann, from released from diocesan assignment for medical reasons, to parochial vicar of St. Brigid, Wyckoff Heights, effective Dec. 1.

Rev. Thomas Shepanzyk, from parochial vicar of Holy Cross, Maspeth, to parochial vicar of St. Catharine of Alexandria, Borough Park, effective Jan. 31.

 

PAROCHIAL VICAR (RELIGIOUS)

Rev. Thomas Sendlein, C.M., to parochial vicar of St. John the Baptist, Bedford-Stuyvesant, effective Nov. 1.

Rev. Shengiao Lin, C.M., to parochial vicar of St. Agatha, Bay Ridge, effective Oct. 1.

Rev. Marco Brioschi, P.I.M.E., to parochial vicar of St. Rosalia-Regina Pacis, Borough Park, effective Nov. 15.

 

RETIRED

Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Pawson, from pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes, Queens Village, to senior priest status, while remaining in residence at Our Lady of Lourdes, Queens Village, effective Jan. 31, 2016.

Rev. Robert P. Morales, from pastor of Our Lady of the Cenacle, Richmond Hill, to senior priest status, while remaining in residence at Our Lady of the Cenacle, effective Jan. 31, 2016.

Rev. Josepham Tri Pham, from parochial vicar of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Astoria, to senior priest status, while remaining in residence at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Astoria, effective Jan. 31.

Rev. Edward P. Doran, from pastor of St. Charles Borromeo, and administrator of Assumption, Brooklyn Heights, and Dean of Brooklyn 3 Deanery, to senior priest status, while remaining in residence at St. Charles Borromeo, effective Jan. 31, 2016.

 

RESIDENCE

Rev. Saint Martin Estiverne, to residence at St. Paul the Apostle, Corona, while remaining chaplain of Elmhurst Hospital, effective Nov. 1.

 

NON-INCARDINATED

Msgr. Stephen Adu-Kwaning, to chaplain of Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, and to residence at St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Jamaica, effective Sept. 1.

Rev. Anthony Nwachukwu, from temporary ministry at Blessed Trinity, Rockaway Point, to chaplain of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, and to residence at St. Mary Star of the Sea-St. Gertrude, Far Rockaway, effective Nov. 12.

Rev. Victor Ashiagbor, to parochial vicar of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary-St. Stephen, Carroll Gardens, effective Jan. 31, 2016.

Rev. Hyacinth Ikemelu, from residence at St. Jude, Canarsie, to move out of the diocese, effective Dec. 31.

 

RELIGIOUS ORDER

Rev. Thomas D. Poth, S.M.M., to residence at the Monfort Missionaries Provincial House, Ozone Park, effective Oct. 1.

 

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT

Most Rev. James Massa, to coordinator of the diocesan Ecclesia Dei movement, while remaining moderator of the Curia, and vicar for evangelization and vicar for higher education, effective June 30.

 

DEACON

Deacon Rogelio Vega, from deacon of Most Holy Trinity-St. Mary, Williamsburg, to deacon of St. Sebastian, Woodside, effective Dec. 1.

Deacon Andres de la Rosa, from deacon of St. Rita, East New York, to retired status, effective Dec. 1.

Deacon Marcus A. Mordan, from deacon of Sacred Heart, Cambria Heights, to retired status, effective Dec. 1.

Deacon Eduardo Sencion, from Our Lady of the Cenacle, Richmond Hill, to retired status, effective. Dec. 1.

 

NON-INCARDINATED DEACON

Deacon Anthony Mammoliti, from the Diocese of Trenton, N.J., to deacon of St. Dominic, Bensonhurst, effective Dec. 1.