Diocesan Assignments

Diocesan Assignments – April 9, 2022

PASTOR

Rev. Victor M. Bolaños, from administrator to pastor of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jamaica, effective March 19.

Rev. Jose A. Orellana, from administrator to pastor of St. Catharine of Alexandria, Borough Park, effective March 12.

Rev. Gerard J. Sauer, resignation as pastor of St. Patrick, Bay Ridge, effective April 1.

TEMPORARY

ADMINISTRATOR

Very Rev. Robert B. Adamo, to temporary administrator of St. Patrick, Bay Ridge, while remaining pastor of St. Ephrem, Dyker Heights, and dean of Brooklyn Deanery 9, effective April 1.

TEMPORARY

ADMINISTRATOR (RELIGIOUS ORDER)

Very Rev. Anthony D. Andreassi, C.O., to temporary administrator of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Brooklyn Heights, while remaining Provost of the Brooklyn Oratory of St. Philip Neri, effective Feb. 25.

RETIRED

Most Rev. Raymond F. Chappetto, from vicar general, to senior priest status, while remaining in residence at St. Luke, Whitestone, effective March 7.

Rev. Msgr. David L. Cassato, from pastor of St. Athanasius-St. Dominic, Bensonhurst, to senior priest status, while remaining vicar for Catholic Education, and coordinator of ministry to Italian Immigrants, effective June 30.

Very Rev. Charles P. Keeney, from Director of the Missions Office and Propagation of the Faith, and from director of Catholic Relief Services to senior priest status, with private residence, effective June 30.

Rev. Joseph T. Vu, from parochial vicar of St. Fidelis, College Point, to senior priest status, effective June 30.

RESIDENCE

Rev. Henry J. Torres, from residence at St. James Cathedral Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, to residence at Mary of Nazareth, Fort Greene, while remaining administrator of Mary of Nazareth, and chaplain of Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, Fort Greene, effective March 1.

NON-INCARDINATED

Rev. Juan A. Pichardo, from parochial vicar of Blessed Sacrament, Jackson Heights, to parochial vicar of Blessed Sacrament – St. Sylvester, Cypress Hills, effective April 1, 2022.

Rev. Yanjun Zhang, to parochial vicar of St. Michael, Flushing, effective March 1.

Rev. Dominic Peprah, to part-time parochial vicar of St. Jude Shrine, Canarsie, while remaining hospital chaplain of SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, and New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, effective March 1.

SPECIAL

ASSIGNMENT

Rev. Msgr. Joseph R. Grimaldi, to vicar general, while remaining pastor of St. Bernard, Mill Basin, effective March 8.

Rev. Msgr. Steven J. Aguggia, to vicar for canonical affairs, while remaining chancellor, and pastor of St. Pancras, Glendale, effective March 8.

Very Reverend Patrick J. Keating, Esq., to moderator of the Curia while remaining Econome, vicar for financial administration, general counsel, designated hiring official, associate vicar for human services, deputy CEO of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, CEO of Catholic Migration Services, and chaplain of the Catholic Lawyers Guild for Kings County, effective March 8.

Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Hernandez, from moderator of the curia, and vicar for canonical affairs, while remaining pastor of Transfiguration, Williamsburg, effective March 8.

DEACON

Deacon Jorge E. Castillo, from deacon of Holy Child Jesus–St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Richmond Hill, to deacon of St. Joan of Arc, Jackson Heights, while remaining coordinator of ministry to Guatemalan Immigrants, effective June 30.