Diocesan Assignments

Diocesan Assignments: June 17, 2017

PASTOR

Rev. William Chacon, from pastor of All Saints, Williamsburg, to pastor of St. Rita, East New York, effective June 30.

Rev. Luis F. Laverde, from pastor of St. Rita, East New York, to pastor of Blessed Sacrament, Cypress Hills, effective June 30.

Rev. Gordon P. Kusi, from pastor of St. Bonaventure-St. Benedict the Moor, Jamaica, to pastor of Christ the King, and administrator of St. Mary Magdalene, Springfield Gardens, with residence at Christ the King, effective June 30.

PASTOR (RELIGIOUS ORDER)

Rev. Tadeusz Maciejewski, C.M., to pastor of St. Stanislaus Kostka, Greenpoint, effective Sept. 27.

ADMINISTRATOR

Rev. Juan de Jesus Ruiz, from parochial vicar of St. Rosalia-Regina Pacis, Borough Park, to administrator of St. Martin of Tours, Bushwick, effective June 30.

Rev. Thaddeus J. Abraham, from parochial vicar of St. Sebastian, Woodside, to administrator of St. Bonaventure-St. Benedict the Moor, Jamaica, effective June 30.

PAROCHIAL VICAR

Rev. Daniel K. Rajski, from parochial vicar of Blessed Trinity, Rockaway Point, to parochial vicar of St. Pancras, Glendale, effective July 31.

Rev. Killick Pierrilus, from parochial vicar of St. Teresa of Avila, Prospect Heights, to parochial vicar of St. Fidelis, College Point, effective June 30.

Rev. Uririoghene M. Okrokoto, from parochial vicar of Good Shepherd, Marine Park, to parochial vicar of Blessed Virgin Mary Help of Christians, Woodside, effective June 30.

Rev. Saint Martin Estiverne, from hospital chaplain, to parochial vicar of St. Rita, Long Island City, effective June 30.

PAROCHIAL VICAR (RELIGIOUS)

Rev. Lazaro Nuñez, F.M.A.P., from parochial vicar of Holy Innocents, Flatbush, to parochial vicar of St. Teresa of Avila, Prospect Heights, effective June 30.

NEWLY ORDAINED

Rev. Nicholas Apollonio, to parochial vicar of St. Rosalia-Regina Pacis, Borough Park, effective June 3.

Rev. Kamil Bober, to parochial vicar of St. Bernadette, Dyker Heights, effective June 3.

Rev. Szymon A. Galazyn, to parochial vicar of St. Gregory the Great, Bellerose, effective June 3.

Rev. Pil Koo Hwang, to parochial vicar of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bayside, effective June 3.

Rev. Robert H. Mema, to parochial vicar of St. Kevin, Auburndale, effective June 3.

Rev. Willy Kingsley Ndi, to parochial vicar of St. Paul and St. Agnes, Cobble Hill, effective June 3.

Rev. Ikenna Okagbue, to parochial vicar of Mary Queen of Heaven, Mill Basin, effective June 3.

Rev. Michael W. Panicali, to parochial vicar of St. Mark, Sheepshead Bay, and parochial vicar of St. Margaret Mary, Manhattan Beach, effective June 3.

Rev. Henry J. Torres, to parochial vicar of St. Sebastian, Woodside, effective June 3.

Rev. Michael Ugbor, to parochial vicar of Our Lady of Light, St. Albans, effective June 3.

RESIDENCE

Rev. James J. Krische, to residence at Our Lady of Grace, Howard Beach, while remaining released from diocesan assignment, ministering outside Brooklyn, effective June 30.

NON-INCARDINATED

Rev. Sun Joong Kwon, from parochial vicar of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bayside, and from coordinator of ministry to the Korean Immigrants, to return to his home diocese in Korea, effective May 21.

Rev. Thomas Parayil, from parochial vicar of St. Mark, Sheepshead Bay, to summer ministry at St. Bernard, Mill Basin, effective June 30.

Rev. Byung Su Kim, from parochial vicar of St. Raphael, Long Island City, to return to his home diocese in Korea, effective Feb. 16.

Rev. Pedro S. Guerrero, from parochial vicar of Our Lady of the Angelus, Rego Park, to parochial vicar of Holy Innocents, Flatbush, effective June 30.

RELIGIOUS ORDER

Rev. Frank P. Amato, S.A.C., from pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii, Williamsburg, to retire and to remain in private residence in the Diocese of Brooklyn, effective July 16.

Rev. Rogie V. Castellano, C.P., to residence at the Passionist Monastery, Jamaica, effective May 25.

Rev. Marek W. Sobczak, C.M., from pastor of St. Stanislaus Kostka, Greenpoint, to ministry with his order in Connecticut, effective Sept. 27.

Rev. Michael Sevigny, O.F.M., Cap., to dean of Brooklyn 6 deanery, while remaining pastor of St. Michael-St. Malachy, East New York, effective June 30.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT

Rev. Jeffry T. Dillon, to dean of Queens 9 deanery, while remaining pastor of Our Lady of Light, St. Albans, effective June 30.

Rev. Thomas F. Leach, to dean of Brooklyn 11 deanery, while remaining pastor of Mary Queen of Heaven, Mill Basin, effective April 1.

Rev. Carlos C. Velasquez, to post-ordination studies at St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, Ill., while remaining parochial vicar of St. Mary Gate of Heaven, Ozone Park, effective June 30.

Rev. Joseph M. Zwosta, to summer ministry at St. Mark, Sheepshead Bay, while remaining in post-ordination studies at Rome, effective June 30.

DEACON

Deacon Jose A. Lizama, from deacon of St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Jamaica, to released from diocesan assignment, personal leave, effective May 15.

Deacon Magloire Marcel, from deacon of St. Jerome, Flatbush, to sabbatical, effective June 30.