Diocesan Assignments

Diocesan Assignments – December 12, 2020

PAROCHIAL VICAR

Rev. Gesson Agenis, from parochial vicar of Most Precious Blood – Ss. Simon and Jude, Bath Beach, to parochial vicar of St. Rosalia – Regina Pacis, Borough Park, effective Dec. 1.

EXCARDINATED

Rev. Thomas R. Gilbert, O.C.D., from released from diocesan assignment, ministry in Washington D.C., to excardinated to the Discalced Carmelite Friars, Province of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Wisconsin, effective July 4.

RESIDENCE

Rev. Msgr. Edward V. Wetterer, from residence at St. Thomas the Apostle, Woodhaven, to residence at St. Joan of Arc, Jackson Heights, while remaining in senior priest status, effective Nov. 1.

Rev. Msgr. Joseph C. Mulqueen, from residence at St. Mary, Long Island City, to residence at the Bishop Mugavero Residence for Senior Priests, Douglaston, while remaining in senior priest status, effective Dec. 1.

Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Sarno, from residence at Our Lady of Grace, Howard Beach, to residence at the Bishop Mugavero Residence for Senior Priests, Douglaston, while remaining in senior priest status, effective Dec. 1.

Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Healy,from residence at Queen of Angels, Sunnyside, to residence at St. Michael, Sunset Park, while remaining in senior priest status, effective Dec. 1.

Rev. Robert W. Czok, from residence at St. Rose of Lima, Rockaway Beach, to residence at the Bishop Mugavero Residence for Senior Priests, Douglaston, while remaining in senior priest status, effective Oct. 1.

Rev. Msgr. John J. Gildea, from residence at St. Bartholomew, Elmhurst, to residence at the Bishop Mugavero Residence for Senior Priests, Douglaston, while remaining in senior priest status, effective January 31, 2021.

RELIGIOUS ORDER

Most Rev. Alfonso Cabezas,C.M., from residence at St. John the Baptist Rectory, Bedford Stuyvesant, to residence at the John B. Murray Residence, St. John’s University, Jamaica, while remaining coordinator of ministry to Colombian Immigrants, and retired Vincentian bishop, effective Nov. 23.

Rev. Michael J. Cummins, C.M., from residence at the DePaul House, Queens Village, to residence at the John B. Murray Residence, St. John’s University, Jamaica, while remaining in ministry, effective Aug. 1.

Rev. Joseph P. Foley, C.M., from residence at the DePaul House, Queens Village, to residence at the John B. Murray Residence, St. John’s University, Jamaica, while remaining in ministry, effective Aug. 1.

Rev. Vincent V. Fernandes, S.J., from weekend ministry at St. Bonaventure – St. Benedict the Moor, Jamaica, to continue ministry with his order in the Archdiocese of New York, effective Nov. 1.

Rev. Kenneth J. Gavin, S.J., to chaplain of Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School, while remaining in residence at the Carroll Street Jesuit Community Residence, Brooklyn, effective, Oct. 23.

Rev. Lucjan Szymanski, O.F.M., Conv., to parochial vicar of St. Adalbert, Elmhurst, effective Dec. 1.

NONINCARDINATED

Rev. Ryszard Koper, from parochial vicar of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – St. Stanislaus Kostka Bishop and Martyr, Ozone Park, to leave the parish, and to private residence until his return to Poland, effective Sept. 15.

Rev. Hyosick B. Park, to parochial vicar of St. Paul Chong Hasang, Flushing, effective Nov. 1.

Rev. Cristiano Pinheiro C. Bede, to ministry as the coordinator of the Shalom Catholic Community at the San Damiano Mission, Greenpoint, effective Nov. 1.

Rev. Aloysius Enemali, from ministry at The Tribunal of the Diocese of Brooklyn, and from residence at Incarnation, Queens Village, to return to his home diocese in Nigeria, effective Nov. 24.

Rev. Jean O. Pierre, from parochial vicar of Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona, to parochial vicar of Most Precious Blood – Ss. Simon and Jude, Bath Beach, effective Dec. 1.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT

Rev. Christopher J. Bethge, to vocations director, while remaining faculty member and residence at Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary, effective January 31, 2021.

Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Pawson, to senior priest liaison, while remaining in senior priest status, and in residence at Our Lady of Lourdes, Queens Village, effective Dec. 1.

Rev. Christopher J. Turczany, to chaplain of LaGuardia Community Col lege, Long Island City, while remaining pastor of St. Mary, Long Island City, effective Nov. 1.

DEACON

Deacon Rachid Murad, from deacon of Incarnation, Queens Village, and deacon of St. Gerard Majella, Hollis, to deacon of St. Martin de Porres, Bedford Stuyvesant, effective January 31, 2021.

Deacon Vincent A. Lino, from deacon of St. Anastasia, Douglaston, to deacon of Holy Trinity, Whitestone, while remaining Queens Chaplain of Catholic Scouting Movement, and ministry at Our Lady of the Skies Chapel, Jamaica, effective January 1, 2021.