PASTOR

Rev. William Chacon, from temporary administrator to pastor at Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona, effective June 13, 2026.

PAROCHIAL VICAR

Rev. Sergiy Emanuel, from chaplain at SUNY Downstate Hospital, Brooklyn, and from coordinator of ministry to the Russian and Ukrainian Immigrants, to parochial vicar at Our Lady of Czestochowa-St. Casimir, Greenwood Heights, and to parochial vicar at St. Rose of Lima, Parkville, effective June 30, 2026.

Rev. Alexander Piñacue, from parochial vicar at Blessed Sacrament, Jackson Heights, to parochial vicar at Holy Family-St. Laurence, Canarsie, effective June 30, 2026.

Rev. Michael O. Ugbor, from parochial vicar at Queen of Peace, Kew Gardens, to parochial vicar at St. Martin de Porres, Bedford-Stuyvesant, effective June 30, 2026.

Rev. Yongqiang Xu, to parochial vicar at St. Bartholomew, Elmhurst, effective July 15, 2026.

PAROCHIAL VICAR (RELIGIOUS)

Rev. Jacek Leszczynski, OFM, Conv., to parochial vicar at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary-St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr, Ozone Park, effective June 30, 2026.

Rev. Daniel Zdebik, OFM, Conv., to parochial vicar at St. Adalbert, Elmhurst, effective June 30, 2026.

RETIRED

Rev. Richard E. Long, from Coordinator of Campus Ministry, and from chaplain of Newman Center at Brooklyn College, to retired senior priest, while remaining in residence at St. Mary Mother of Jesus, Bath Beach, effective Aug. 31, 2026.

RELEASED FROM DIOCESAN ASSIGNMENT

Rev. James J. Krische, to ministry outside Brooklyn, with the Archdiocese for Military Services, USA, while remaining Released from Diocesan Assignment, effective July 1, 2026.

RESIDENCE

Rev. George A. Pfundstein, from residence at Mary’s Nativity–St. Ann, Flushing, to residence at Bishop Mugavero Residence, Douglaston, while remaining in senior priest status, effective July 15, 2026.

NON-INCARDINATED

Rev. David A. Ihenacho, from ministry at Good Shepherd–Resurrection, Marine Park, to summer ministry at Mary, Queen of Heaven–St. Bernard of Clairveaux, Mill Basin, effective June 30, 2026.

Rev. Stanley Shinkut, from residence at St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands, to parochial vicar at St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands, and to parochial vicar at Our Lady Help of Christians, Midwood, effective June 30, 2026.

RELIGIOUS ORDER

Rev. Enel Almeus, C.S.S.P., from residence at St. Michael, Flushing and from chaplain at New York Presbyterian Queens, to return to ministry with religious order, effective Aug. 31, 2026.

Rev. Roy Thomas, SVD, to residence at Queen of Angels, Sunnyside, while remaining in ministry with Society of the Divine Word, Chicago Province, as Executive Co-Director of VIVAT International, effective May 19, 2026.

Rev. Paulus Rahmat, SVD, from residence at Queen of Angels, Sunnyside, to return to ministry with his religious order, effective May 19, 2026.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT

Rev. Jose B. Diaz, to Director of College Campus Ministry, while remaining pastor at Mary’s Nativity-St. Ann, Flushing, and chaplain at Queens College, Flushing, effective July 1, 2026.

DEACON

Deacon Robert Zeuner, from deacon at St. Gregory the Great, Bellerose, to retired deacon, effective July 31, 2026.

CORRECTION

A Diocesan Assignment listing provided to The Tablet, and published on Saturday, June 27, 2026, incorrectly listed the name of the Reverend Mieczyslaw Mit, OFM Conv. The correct name should be Reverend Mieczyslaw Wit, OFM Conv.