Diocesan Assignments

Diocesan Assignments – July 18, 2020

ADMINISTRATOR

Rev. Daniel Kingsley, from parochial vicar of St. Martin de Porres, Bedford Stuyvesant, to administrator of St. Clare, Rosedale, effective June 30.

PAROCHIAL VICAR

Rev. Rony Mendes, from administrator of St. Therese of Lisieux, East Flatbush to parochial vicar of St. Brigid, Bushwick, while remaining chaplain of Nazareth Regional High School, effective June 30.

Rev. Bony Monastere, from parochial vicar of Holy Cross, Flatbush, to parochial vicar of St. Therese of Lisieux, East Flatbush, effective June 30.

Rev. Saint Martin Estiverne, from parochial vicar of St. Jerome, Flatbush, to parochial vicar of Holy Cross, Flatbush, effective June 30.

Rev. James W. King, to part-time parochial vicar of American Martyrs, Bayside, while remaining faculty member and spiritual director of the Cathedral Seminary House of Formation, Douglaston, effective July 31.

Rev. Raynolds Basilious, to parochial vicar of St. Gerard Majella, Hollis, while remaining parochial vicar, and in residence at Incarnation, Queens Village, effective June 30.

Rev. Richard W. Conlon, to parochial vicar of Our Lady of the Angelus, Rego Park, while remaining parochial vicar, and in residence at Resurrection – Ascension, Rego Park, effective June 30.

NEWLY ORDAINED

Rev. Gabriel J. Agudelo, to parochial vicar of Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona, effective June 30.

Rev. Nestor A. Martinez, to parochial vicar of Queen of Angels, Sunnyside, effective June 30.

Rev. Peter Y. Okajima, to parochial vicar of Our Lady of the Snows, Floral Park, effective June 30.

Rev. Dragan Pusic, to parochial vicar of Our Lady of the Angels, Bay Ridge, effective June 30.

RETIRED

Rev. Patrick J. Frawley, released from diocesan assignment, ministering in Brooklyn, to senior priest status, with private residence, effective May 1.

EXCARDINATION

Most Reverend Kevin J. Sweeney, from pastor of St. Michael, Sunset Park, and from dean of Brooklyn 8 deanery, to Excardinated to the Diocese of Paterson, effective June 30.

RELIGIOUS ORDER

Rev. Franklin Ezeorah, F.J.S., from parochial vicar of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Cambria Heights, to parochial vicar of St. Martin de Porres, Bedford Stuyvesant, effective June 30.

Rev. Joseph Larose, S.M.M., from residence at the Immaculate Conception Monastery, Jamaica, to residence at Sacred Heart of Jesus, Cambria Heights, while attending classes at St. John’s University, Jamaica, effective June 30.

Rev. Luis Romero, C. M., to vocations director for the Congregation of the Mission, Eastern Province, and to residence at the Miraculous Medal House, Jamaica, effective Aug. 1.

Rev. Alvaro E. Flores, C.M.F., from parochial vicar of Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona, to return to his order, outside the Diocese of Brooklyn, effective July 10.

Rev. Paulus Dwintarto, C.M., from residence at the Miraculous Medal House, Jamaica, to ministry with his order outside the Diocese of Brooklyn, effective June 30.

NON-INCARDINATED

Msgr. Pierre-Andre Pierre, to parochial vicar of St. Matthew, Crown Heights, effective June 30.

Rev. Anselmus Mawusi, from parochial vicar, to administrator of St. Therese of Lisieux, East Flatbush, while remaining coordinator of ministry to the Ghanaian Immigrants, effective June 30.

Rev. Mintu Rozario, from parochial vicar of Queen of Angels, Sunnyside, and from parochial vicar of St. Bartholomew, Elmhurst, to parochial vicar of Corpus Christ, Woodside, while remaining Coordinator of Ministry to the Bangladeshi Immigrants, and limited hospital ministry, effective June 30.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT

Rev. Joseph Gibino, to Vicar of Evangelization and Catechesis, while remaining pastor of Holy Trinity, Whitestone, and coordinator of the faculty and curriculum of the Diaconate Formation Program, effective June 30.

Rev. Rafael J. Perez, to coordinator of Ecclesia Dei Apostolate, while remaining parochial vicar of Divine Mercy, Williamsburg, effective June 30.

Rev. John Mendonca, to pastor emeritus of Our Lady of the Angelus, Rego Park, while remaining in senior priest status, effective June 30.

DEACON

Deacon Frank A. Morano, from deacon of St. Francis Cabrini, Bensonhurst, to released from diocesan assignment, to move to Florida, effective August 16.

Deacon William B. Cullen, Jr., from deacon of St. Saviour, Park Slope, to retired status, effective June 30.

Deacon Robinson Despeignes, to deacon of St. Gerard Majella, Hollis, while remaining deacon of Incarnation, Queens Village, effective June 30.

Deacon Rachid Murad, to deacon of St. Gerard Majella, Hollis, while remaining deacon of Incarnation, Queens Village, effective June 30.

Deacon Franklin G. Muñoz, to deacon of St. Gerard Majella, Hollis, while remaining deacon of Incarnation, Queens Village, effective June 30.

Deacon Clemenceau Pierre-Antoine, to deacon of St. Gerard Majella, Hollis, while remaining deacon of Incarnation, Queens Village, effective June 30.

Deacon Laurence O. McMaster, to deacon of Incarnation, Queens Village, while remaining deacon of St. Gerard Majella, Hollis, effective June 30.