ADMINISTRATOR
Most Rev. Paul R. Sanchez, DD, to temporary administrator of St. John the Baptist, Bedford Stuyvesant, while remaining auxiliary bishop emeritus of Brooklyn and residence at Our Lady Queens of Martyrs, Forest Hills, effective Nov. 1, 2025, through Jan. 31, 2026.
RECTOR
Canon Andreas Hellmann, ICKSP, to rector of St. Josaphat Oratory, Bayside, effective Nov. 1, 2025.
PAROCHIAL VICAR
Rev. Alessandro G. Linardi, from released from diocesan assignment, to parochial vicar at Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona, effective Nov. 28. 2025.
Rev. Juan D. Luxama, from parochial vicar at St. Bernadette, Dyker Heights, to parochial vicar at St. John the Baptist, Bedford-Stuyvesant, while remaining chaplain of St. Joseph’s College, Brooklyn, effective Nov. 28, 2025.
RETIRED
Rev. Bryan Carney, from residence at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Bayside, to residence at Bishop Mugavero Residence, while remaining in senior priest status, effective Dec. 4, 2025.
Rev. Dominick F. Cutrone, from residence at Our Lady of Grace, Gravesend, to residence at Bishop Mugavero Residence, while remaining in senior priest status, effective Nov. 21, 2025.
Rev. Msgr. Ronald T. Marino, from residence at St. Anselm, Bay Ridge, to residence at St. Ephrem, Dyker Heights, while remaining in senior priest status, effective Nov. 30, 2025.
Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Phillip, from residence at St. Anselm, Bay Ridge, to residence at Bishop Mugavero Residence, Douglaston, while remaining in senior priest status, effective Nov. 9, 2025
NON-INCARDINATED
Rev. Joseph Bassey, to parochial vicar at Holy Spirit, Borough Park, and to parochial vicar and residence at St. Rose of Lima, Parkville, effective Nov. 1, 2025.
Rev. Jose de Jesus Garcia, to faculty at Brooklyn Missionary House of Formation Redemptoris Mater, Queens Village, effective Aug. 18, 2025, through Jun. 30, 2025.
RELIGIOUS ORDER
Rev. Mark Lane, CO, to ministry at St. Boniface, Downtown Brooklyn, and to ministry and residence at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Brooklyn Heights, effective Nov. 1, 2025.
Rev. Flavio J. Pereira-Tercero, CM, from parochial vicar at St. John the Baptist, Bedford-Stuyvesant, to return to ministry with religious order congregation, effective Oct. 31, 2025.
Rev. Jan Rykala, SAC, to parochial vicar at St. Frances de Chantal, Brooklyn, effective Nov. 1, 2025.
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT
Rev. Pil Koo Hwang, to priest secretary of Bishop Robert Brennan, and to vice chancellor, while remaining in residence at St. Charles Borromeo, Brooklyn Heights, effective Dec.15, 2025.
Very Rev. Carlos C. Velásquez, to director of the Liturgical Office, while remaining pastor at St. Brigid, Bushwick, and dean of Brooklyn 2 Deanery, effective Jan. 1, 2026.
DEACON
Deacon Jose M. Arias, to deacon at Our Lady of the Cenacle, Richmond Hill, effective Nov. 22, 2025.
Deacon Matthew M. Bonvento, to deacon at Holy Trinity, Whitestone, effective Nov. 22, 2025. Deacon Carlos S. Bueno, to deacon at Blessed Sacrament-St. Sylvester, Cypress Hills, effective Nov. 22, 2025.
Deacon Dowill Garcia, to deacon at Blessed Sacrament-St. Sylvester, Cypress Hills, effective Nov. 22, 2025.
Deacon Mark A. Garcia, to deacon at St. Brigid, Ridgewood, effective Nov. 22, 2025.
Deacon Frank J. Kazlausky, to deacon at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Ridgewood, effective Nov. 22, 2025.
Deacon George Mougias, to deacon at St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Jamaica, effective Nov. 22, 2025.
Deacon John P. Muldoon, to deacon at St. Robert Bellarmine, Bayside, effective Nov. 22, 2025.
Deacon Jean Nduwimana, to deacon at Our Lady of Refuge, Flatbush, and to deacon at Holy Innocents, Flatbush, effective Nov. 22, 2025.
Deacon Krzysztof Niewiadomski, to deacon at Our Lady of Consolation, Williamsburg, and to assist the Polish Apostolate at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Ridgewood, effective Nov. 22, 2025.
Deacon Hector E. Rodriguez, from deacon at Most Precious Blood, Astoria, to retired status, effective Dec. 31, 2025.
Deacon Carlos P. Valencia, to deacon at St. Bartholomew, Elmhurst, effective Nov. 22, 2025.
Deacon Paul Zwolak, to transitional deacon at St. Matthias, Ridgewood, while remaining in formation at St. Joseph Seminary, Dunwoodie, effective Nov. 1, 2025.