Diocesan Assignments

Diocesan Assignments – March 2, 2024

TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR 

Rev. Peter Y. Okajima, to temporary administrator, while remaining parochial vicar of Our Lady of the Snows, North Floral Park, effective Jan. 26.


PAROCHIAL VICAR

Rev. Nicholas M. Colalella, to temporary parochial vicar of St. Ephrem, Dyker Heights, effective Feb. 1. 


RETIRED

Rev. Msgr. Richard E. Marchese, from residence at Sacred Heart, Glendale, to residence at the Bishop Mugavero Residence for Senior Priests, Douglaston, while remaining in senior priest status, effective Feb. 1. 

Rev. Leo J. Penta, from released from diocesan assignment – ministering in Germany, to senior priest status, while remaining in residence in Germany, effective June 30. 


NON-INCARDINATED

Rev. Sangbin Lee, from parochial vicar of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bayside, to return to his home diocese in Korea, effective Jan. 8. 

Rev. Hyosick Park, from parochial vicar of St. Paul Chong Ha-sang, Flushing, to return to his home diocese in Korea, effective Jan. 15. 

Rev. Hyunsoo Kim, to parochial vicar of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bayside, effective Feb. 1. 

Rev. Yeonjin Kwak, to parochial vicar of St. Paul Chong Ha-sang, Flushing, effective Feb. 1. 

Rev. Leszek Z. Seweryn, to parochial vicar of Holy Cross, Maspeth, effective Feb. 1. 


RELIGIOUS ORDER

Rev. Angel Medrano-Matos, C.M., from parochial vicar of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jamaica, to return to ministry with his order, effective Feb. 12. 

Rev. George V. Kurian, C.M.I., from parochial vicar of Transfiguration, Brooklyn, to parochial vicar of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jamaica, effective Feb. 29. 

Rev. Anthony O. Alimnonu, C.S.Sp., from parochial vicar of Blessed Trinity, Rockaway Point, to temporary residence at St. Anselm, Bay Ridge, effective Jan. 31; and from temporary residence at St. Anselm, Bay Ridge, to temporary ministry and residence at Our Lady of the Snows, North Floral Park, effective Feb. 12. 

Rev. Aneesh Mathew, C.M., to part-time chaplain of St. John’s Preparatory School, Astoria, while remaining in residence at the B. Murray House, and attending classes at St. John’s University, Jamaica, effective Feb. 1. 


DEACON

Deacon Kevin F. Hughes, to additional ministry as deacon of Sacred Heart, Bayside, while remaining deacon of Our Lady of the Snows, North Floral Park, effective Feb. 1. 

Deacon Felipe Almendarez, from residence in Florida, to residence in the Diocese of Wilmington, while remaining in retired status, effective Feb. 1.