PASTOR

Rev. Francisco J. Walker, from sabbatical leave, and from pastor of Guardian Angel, Brighton Beach, to pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle, Woodhaven, effective Jan. 1.

Rev. Anacleto Asebias, from administrator to pastor of Ascension, Elmhurst, effective December 12, 2021.

PAROCHIAL VICAR

Rev. William A. McLaughlin, from administrator of St. Thomas the Apostle, Woodhaven, to parochial vicar of St. Raphael, Long Island City, effective Jan. 1.

Rev. Dragan Pusic, from parochial vicar of Our Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge, to parochial vicar of St. Gabriel, East Elmhurst, effective Jan. 31.

RETIRED

Rev. Michael J. McGee, from parochial vicar of St. Mary Gate of Heaven, Ozone Park, to senior priest status, effective June 30.

RESIDENCE

Rev. Msgr. John J. Bracken, to residence at St. Francis de Sales, Belle Harbor, while remaining in senior priest status, and director of patrimony, effective Jan. 1.

Rev. Msgr. Phillip J. Reilly, to residence at Ozanam Hall of Queens Nursing Home, Bayside, while remaining in senior priest status, effective December 1, 2021.

NON-INCARDINATED

Rev. Kuno Kim, from parochial vicar of St. Raphael, Long Island City, to return to ministry in Korea, effective Jan. 12.

Rev. Hector F. Castaño-Zapata, from temporary ministry at SS. Peter and Paul, Williamsburg, to parochial vicar of Our Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge, effective Jan. 31.

Rev. John Nimako, from temporary residence at Holy Innocents, Flatbush, to parochial vicar of St. Clare, Queens Village, effective Jan. 14.

Rev. Dominick N. Peprah, from parochial vicar of St. Clare, Queens Village, to hospital chaplain at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, and New York Presbyterian–Brooklyn, Methodist Hospital, and to residence at Holy Innocents, Flatbush, effective Jan. 14.

RELIGIOUS ORDER

Rev. Pablo A. Ruani, I.V.E., to temporary residence and ministry at St. Catharine of Alexandria, Borough Park, effective November 23, 2021; to parochial vicar of St. Mary Star of the Sea – St. Gertrude, Far Rockaway, effective Jan 31.

DEACON

Deacon Leroy P. Branch, from deacon of St. Paul and St. Agnes, Cobble Hill, to deacon of St. Martin de Porres, Bedford Stuyvesant, effective Jan. 31.

Deacon Felipe J. Alvarez, to move to residence in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, while remaining in retired status, effective Jan. 1.

Deacon Patrick M. Flanagan, from deacon of St. Teresa of Avila – St. Anthony of Padua, South Ozone Park, to retired status, effective December 31, 2021.

Deacon Robert S. Abundo, from deacon of St. Teresa, Woodside, to move to residence in the Archdiocese of Newark, effective November 15, 2021.