PASTOR
Rev. Kevin P. Abels, from administrator to pastor of St. Andrew the Apostle, Bay Ridge, while remaining pastor of Our Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge, effective Oct. 8.
PASTOR (RELIGIOUS ORDER)
Rev. Robert Wojtek, C.Ss.R., to pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park, effective Dec. 1.
PAROCHIAL VICAR
Rev. Michel Pierre-Louis, from post ordination studies, and from residence at St. Pius X, Rosedale, to parochial vicar of St. Mark – St. Margaret Mary, Sheepshead Bay, and to part-time hospital chaplain, effective Sept. 1.
NON-INCARDINATED
Rev. Philip O. Chidebelu, from residence at Our Lady of the Cenacle, Richmond Hill, while attending classes at St. John’s University, to leave the Diocese of Brooklyn, effective Aug. 31.
Rev. Anthony B. Nagothu, to parochial vicar of St. Boniface, Downtown Brooklyn, and to Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Brooklyn Heights, effective Sept. 1.
Rev. Diego Villegas, from parochial vicar of St. Leo, Corona, to temporary residence, and ministry at St. Michael, Flushing, effective June 30.
RELIGIOUS ORDER
Rev. James W. Gilmour, C.Ss.R., from pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park, to ministry with his Religious Order, effective Dec. 1.
Rev. Francis J. Obu-Mends, C.S.Sp., from chaplain of Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, to chaplain of Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, while remaining in residence at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Kensington, effective Nov. 1.
Rev. William J. Grimm, M.M., to private residence, and ministry in the Diocese of Brooklyn, effective Oct. 10.
Rev. Aroya R. Narisetty, C.O., from temporary ministry, to parochial vicar of St. Boniface, Downtown Brooklyn, and to Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Brooklyn Heights, effective Sept. 1.
Rev. Sergio Dall’Agnese, C.S., to ministry at St. Joseph Patron of the Universal Church, Bushwick, while remaining in residence in the Archdiocese of New York, effective Oct. 1.
Rev. Mario M. Powell, S.J., from residence and ministry in the Carroll Street Jesuit Community Residence, Brooklyn, to ministry with his Religious Order, effective July 1.
DEACON IN TRANSITION
Rev. Mr. Tobechukwu Offiah, to transitional deacon of Sacred Heart, Bayside, while remaining in formation at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, effective Nov. 4.
DEACON
Deacon Thomas J. Devaney, from released from diocesan assignment, and from ministry in Allentown, PA., to excardinated to the Diocese of Allentown, effective June 13.
Deacon Jaime A. Cobham, from deacon of St. Athanasius – St. Dominic, Bensonhurst, to retired status, effective Nov. 1.