PASTORVery Rev. Peter J. Purpura, from rector of St. James Cathedral Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, to pastor of Our Lady of Hope, Middle Village, while remaining vice-chancellor, effective July 1.

PASTORRev. Edward Mason, from pastor of Our Lady of the Presentation– Our Lady of Mercy, Bedford-Stuyvesant, to pastor of Mary, Mother of the Church, New Lots, while remaining diocesan coordinator of ministry to the Garifuna Immigrants, effective Sept. 1.

PASTOR Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Hardiman, from pastor of St. Patrick, Fort Hamilton, to pastor of Queen of Peace, Kew Gardens Hills, effective June 30. Very Rev. Thomas G. Pettei, to pastor of Resurrection – Ascension, Rego Park, while remaining Territorial Episcopal Vicar for Queens, effective June 30. Rev. Carlos A. Agudelo, from pastor of […]

Rev. Msgr. Kieran E. Harrington, from pastor and rector of St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, and from administrator of St. Teresa of Avila, Prospect Heights, to pastor and rector of the newly merged parish of Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph–St. Teresa of Avila, Prospect Heights, effective Nov. 1, 2018.

Very Rev. Luis F. Laverde, to administrator of St. Sylvester, New Lots, while remaining pastor of Blessed Sacrament, New Lots, and while remaining dean of Brooklyn 6 deanery, effective Jan. 31.

Rev. Carlos C. Velasquez, from administrator to pastor of St. Mary Gate of Heaven, Ozone Park, effective Dec. 1.

Rev. Juan de Jesus Ruiz, from administrator to pastor of St. Martin of Tours, Bushwick, effective Sept. 30.

Rev. Jose G. Matus-Castillo, O.F.M. Conv., to pastor of Most Holy Trinity-St. Mary, Williamsburg, effective Aug. 2.

Rev. Gerald Dumont, from parochial vicar of Holy Innocents, Flatbush, to parochial vicar of St. Francis of Assisi-St. Blaise, Crown Heights, effective June 30.