PASTOR
Very Rev. Christopher R. Heanue, from rector of Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph – St. Teresa of Avila, Prospect Heights, to pastor of St. Joan of Arc, Jackson Heights, while remaining coordinator of ministry to Irish Immigrants, and Liaison to the Hospital land Healthcare Chaplaincy Program, effective June 30, 2025.
Rev. John J. Maduri, to pastor of Mary Queen of Heaven, Mill Basin, while remaining pastor of St. Bernard, Mill Basin, effective June 30, 2025.
Rev. Sean M. Suckiel, to pastor of American Martyrs, Bayside, while remaining pastor of Holy Family, Fresh Meadows, effective June 30, 2025.
TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR
Rev. William Chacon, to temporary administrator of St. Rita, New Lots, while remaining pastor of Blessed Sacrament – St. Sylvester, Cypress Hills, effective May 1, 2025.
PAROCHIAL VICAR
Rev. Caetano Moura de Oliveira, from parochial vicar of St. Rita, Long Island City, to parochial vicar of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin, Jamaica, effective Feb. 17, 2025.
Rev. Peter J. Rayder, from pastor to parochial vicar of American Martyrs, Bayside, effective June 30, 2025.
RETIRED
Rev. James L. Tighe, from residence at Queen of Peace, Kew Gardens Hills, to residence at the Bishop Mugavero Residence for Senior Priests, Douglaston, while remaining in senior priest status, effective Feb. 20, 2025.
Rev. Thomas F. Leach, from pastor of Mary Queen of Heaven, Mill Basin, to senior priest status, effective June 30, 2025.
NON-INCARDINATED
Rev. Peter Junam Kim, to residence, and ministry at St. Paul Chong Ha Sang, Flushing, while at- tending classes at Fordham University, New York, effective Feb. 1, 2025.
Rev. Michael Anyanwu, to residence, and limited ministry at St. Athanasius – Saint Dominic, Bensonhurst, effective Feb. 10, 2025.
RELIGIOUS ORDER
Rev. John J. Mattimore, S.J., to ministry, and residence at the Carroll Street Jesuit Community Residence, Brooklyn, effective Jan. 1, 2025.
Rev. Jorge M. Vallejo, M.S.C., from parochial vicar of Holy Child Jesus – St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Richmond Hill, to return to ministry with his Religious Order, effective April 30, 2025.
Rev. Gervais L. Kamwa Kouam, C.M., to part-time parochial vicar of St. John the Baptist, Bedford Stuyvesant, while remaining attending classes at St. John’s University, Jamaica, and part-time ministry at the United Nations, effective Feb. 1, 2025.
Rev. Harold Bernard, S.D.B., from parochial vicar of St. Therese of Lisieux, Flatbush, to return to his religious order, effective March 20, 2025.
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT
Rev. Michael J.S. Bruno, from faculty member of St. Joseph Seminary, Yonkers, to associate vicar for clergy and consecrated life, while remaining in weekend ministry, and censor librorum, effective June 30, 2025.
Rev. Richard J. Beuther, to delegate for senior priests, while remaining pastor of Blessed Sacrament, Jackson Heights, effective April 1, 2025.
Rev. Samuel M. Mwiwawi, to part-time chaplain of Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School, East Elmhurst, while remaining parochial vicar of Immaculate Conception.
DEACON NON-INCARDINATED
Deacon Tomas de Jesus Collado, to deacon of St. Pancras, Glendale, effective Feb. 10, 2025.n, Astoria, effective April 1, 2025.
Rev. Nestor A. Martinez, from pastor of St. Rita, New Lots, to post ordination studies, effective May 31, 2025.
DEACON NON-INCARDINATED
Deacon Tomas de Jesus Collado, to deacon of St. Pancras, Glendale, effective Feb. 10, 2025.