Diocesan Assignments

Diocesan Assignments – July 13, 2024

PASTOR

Rev. Frank C. Tumino, from pastor of St. Augustine, and from pastor of St. Francis Xavier, Park Slope, to pastor of St. Augustine – St. Francis Xavier, Park Slope, effective July 1. 

PAROCHIAL VICAR Rev. Peter J. Penton, from parochial vicar of Good Shepherd, Marine Park, and from Resurrection, Gerritsen Beach, to parochial vicar of Mary Queen of Heaven, Mill Basin, effective June 30. 

PAROCHIAL VICAR (RELIGIOUS ORDER) 

Rev. Carlos Quijano, S.J., from administrator of St. Paul the Apostle, Corona, to parochial vicar of St. Athanasius – St. Dominic, Bensonhurst, effective June 30.


RETIRED 

Rev. Msgr. Gregory C. Wielunski, from released from diocesan assignment, ministering in the Archdiocese of Miami, to senior priest status, and to private residence, effective June 30. 

Rev. Gabriel J. Toro, from pastor of Blessed Sacrament, Jackson Heights, to senior priest status, and to private residence, effective June 30.


NON-INCARDINATED 

Rev. Cosmas Nzeabalu, from parochial vicar of St. Mary Magdalene, Springfield Gardens, to parochial vicar of Christ the King – St. Mary Magdalene, Springfield Gardens, while remaining coordinator of ministry to the Nigerian Immigrants, effective July 1. 

Rev. Jean-Farda Tanisma, from parochial vicar of St. Joseph, Astoria, to parochial vicar of St. Clare, and to parochial vicar St. Pius X, Rosedale, effective June 30. 

Rev. Joseph C. Chigbo, from residence at Incarnation – St. Gerard Majella, Queens Village, and from attending classes at St. John’s University, Jamaica, to temporary ministry at Sacred Heart of Jesus, Cambria Heights, effective June 30. 

Rev. Peter J. Mawusi, from parochial vicar of St. Catherine of Genoa, East Flatbush, to return to ministry in his home diocese in Ghana, effective July 28. 

Rev. XiaoMing Ma, from parochial vicar of Mary’s Nativity – St. Ann, Flushing, to parochial vicar of Good Shepherd, Marine Park, and to parochial vicar of Resurrection, Gerritsen Beach, effective June 30.


RELIGIOUS ORDER 

Rev. Mark T. Cregan, C.S.C., from residence and ministry at Christ the King, Springfield Gardens, to residence and ministry at Christ the King – St. Mary Magdalene, Springfield Gardens, effective July 1. 

Rev. Benjamin Elias, O.C.D., from temporary summer ministry, to chaplain of NYU Langone Hospital, Brooklyn, and to residence at St. Michael, Sunset Park, effective June 30. 

DEACON IN TRANSITION Rev. Mr. Nelson Gerardo Tlatelpa, to transitional deacon of Mary of Nazareth, Fort Greene, while remaining in formation at Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary, Weston, Massachusetts, effective June 30. 

DEACON Deacon Dean T. Tully, from deacon of Holy Child Jesus – St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Richmond Hill, to retired status, effective Aug. 1. 

Deacon Ernest F. Hart, from deacon of Christ the King, Springfield Gardens, to deacon of Christ the King – St. Mary Magdalene, Springfield Gardens, effective July 1.