Diocesan Assignments

Diocesan Assignments – June 21, 2025

PASTOR

Very Rev. Patrick J. Keating, rector of Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph – St. Teresa of Avila, Prospect Heights, while remaining Moderator of the Curia, Econome, Vicar for Financial Administration, General Counsel, Deputy CEO of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, and Chaplain of the Catholic Lawyers Guild for Kings Chapter, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Antonius P. Gopaul, from pastor of St. Vincent Ferrer, East Flatbush, to pastor of St. Matthew, Crown Heights, effective October 15, 2025, and to coordinator of ministry to the West Indian Immigrants, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Michael F. Falce, from parochial vicar of Blessed Trinity, Rockaway Point, to pastor of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Ridgewood, and to chaplain of The Cathedral Club of Brooklyn, effective June 30, 2025.

ADMINISTRATOR

Rev. Rony Mendes, from parochial vicar of St. Sebastian, and Corpus Christi, Woodside, to administrator of Holy Spirit, Borough Park, effective June 30, 2025.

TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR

Very Rev. Alonzo Q. Cox, to temporary administrator of St. Matthew, Crown Heights, effective June 30, 2025, until Oct. 15, 2025, while remaining pastor of St. Martin de Porres, Bedford Stuyvesant, and coordinator of ministry to African Americans, and temporary director of the diocesan liturgy office.

PAROCHIAL VICAR

Rev. Ralph Edel, from chaplain of St. Francis Preparatory School, Fresh Meadows, to parochial vicar of Holy Family, Fresh Meadows, and American Martyrs, Bayside, effective June 30, 2025.

RETIRED

Rev. Msgr. William M. Hoppe, to residence at St. Gregory the Great, Bellerose, while remaining in senior priest status, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Msgr. George J. Ryan, from residence at St. Anastasia, Douglaston, to residence at the Bishop Mugavero Residence for Senior Priests, Douglaston, effec- tive March 1, 2025.

NON-INCARDINATED

Rev. Lianjiang P. Bai, from administrator of St. Agatha, Sunset Park, to parochial vicar of St. Anastasia, Douglaston, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Cletus M.K. Forson, to parochial vicar of Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary & St. Stephen, and to parochial vicar of St. Mary Star of the Sea, Carroll Gardens, effective June 1, 2025.

RELIGIOUS ORDER

Rev. Vaugh Fayle, from residence at the Passionist Retreat House, Jamaica, to ministry with his religious order in the Archdiocese of New York, effective April 30, 2025.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT

Rev. Pil Koo Hwang, from pastor of St. Anselm, Bay Ridge, to master of ceremonies for the Most Reverend Robert J. Brennan, and to ministry and residence at St. Charles Borromeo, Brooklyn Heights, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Krystian Piasta, from chaplain of Our Lady of the Skies Chapel at JFK airport, to chaplain of the chapel at LaGuardia Airport, East Elmhurst, while remaining pastor of St. Bonaventure – St. Benedict the Moor, Jamaica, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Andrzej Salwowski, to dean of Queens 11 deanery, while remaining administrator of Holy Cross, Maspeth, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Cezariusz W. Jastrzebski, from assistant chaplain to chaplain of Our Lady of the Skies Chapel at JFK International Airport, while remaining pastor of St. Joseph, Jamaica, effective June 30, 2025.

Very Rev. Alonzo Q. Cox, to dean of Brooklyn 5 deanery, while remaining temporary admin- istrator of St. Matthew, Crown Heights, pastor of St. Martin de Porres, Bedford Stuyvesant, coordinator of ministry to African Americans, and temporary director of the diocesan liturgy office, effective June 30, 2025.

CORRECTION

A Diocesan Assignment listing provided to The Tablet and published on Saturday, May 10, incorrectly listed the date of the appointment of the Very Reverend Fulgencio Gutierrez as pastor of St. Agatha. The correct date of the assignment should have been Feb. 28.