Diocesan Assignments

Diocesan Assignments – May 10, 2025

PASTOR

Very Rev. Fulgencio Gutierrez, to pastor of St. Agatha, Sunset Park, while remaining pastor of St. Michael, Sunset Park, and Brooklyn 8 Deanery, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Richard W. Conlon, to pastor of St. Raphael, Long Island City, while remaining pastor of St. Teresa, Woodside, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Kevin P. Abels, from administrator to pastor of St. Anselm, Bay Ridge, while remaining pastor of Our Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge, and pastor of St. Andrew the Apostle, Bay Ridge, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Jose E. Lopez, from pastor of Holy Spirit, Borough Park, and from limited ministry at St. Rose of Lima, Parkville, to pastor of St. Rita, East New York, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Alexandre R. Morard, from parochial vicar for St. Paul and St. Agnes, Cobble Hill, to pastor of Holy Family-St. Thomas Aquinas, Park Slope, effective June 30, 2025.

TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR

(RELIGIOUS ORDER)

Rev. Roberto da Silva, from part-time parochial vicar, to temporary administrator of Our Lady of Solace Shrine, Coney Island, effective May
1, 2025.

PAROCHIAL VICAR

Rev. Paul Y. Kim, from pastor of St. Raphael, Long Island City, to parochial vicar for Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Bayside, while remaining coordinator of ministry to the Korean Immigrants, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Mark G. Simmons, to parochial vicar for St. Anselm, Bay Ridge, while remaining parochial vicar for Our Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Osmin T. Vargas, to parochial vicar for St. Anselm, Bay Ridge, while remaining parochial vicar for Our Lady of Angels, and St. Andrew the Apostle, Bay Ridge, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Silvio A. Ortiz, to parochial vicar for St. Michael, Sunset Park, while remaining parochial vicar for St. Agatha, Sunset
Park, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Carlos M. Goris, to parochial vicar for St. Agatha, Sunset Park, while remaining parochial vicar for St. Michael, Sunset Park, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Michael G. Tedone, to parochial vicar for Mary Queen of Heaven, Mill Basin, while remaining parochial vicar for St. Bernard, Mill Basin, and chaplain of Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, effective June 30,
2025.

Rev. Peter J. Penton, to parochial vicar for St. Bernard, Mill Basin, while remaining parochial vicar for Mary Queen of Heaven, Mill Basin, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Dariusz P. Strzelecki, from temporary ministry at St. Rosalia-Regina Pacis, Dyker Heights, to parochial vicar
for Holy Cross, Maspeth, effective April 1, 2025.

RETIRED

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

Rev. Edmund P. Brady, from residence at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Astoria, to residence at the Bishop Mugavero Residence for Senior Priests, Douglaston, while remaining in senior priest status, effective March 1, 2025.

NON-INCARDINATED

Rev. Arputham Arulsamy, to parochial vicar for St. Anselm, Bay Ridge, while remaining parochial vicar for Our
Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge, effective June 30, 2025.

Rev. Leszek Z. Seweryn, from parochial vicar for Holy Cross, Maspeth, to leave the Diocese of Brooklyn,
effective Feb. 27, 2025.

RELIGIOUS ORDER

Rev. Rowland O. Onuegbu, S.D.V, to parochial vicar for Our Lady of Solace Shrine, Coney Island, while remaining part-time chaplain of SS. Joachim and Anne Nursing Home, Coney Island, effective May
1, 2025.

Rev. Ignacio Cogollodo, S.D.V, from administrator of Our Lady of Solace Shrine, Coney Island, to leave the Diocese of Brooklyn, effective April 30, 2025.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT

Rev. Tobechukwu J. Offiah, to chaplain of Holy Cross High School, Bayside, while remaining parochial vicar for Sacred Heart, Bayside, and
part-time hospital chaplain, effective Jan. 1, 2025.

DEACON NON-INCARDINATED

Deacon Julio C. Mejia, to deacon of St. Michael, Sunset Park, while remaining deacon of St. Agatha, Sunset Park, effective June 30, 2025.

Deacon Alonzo Torres, to deacon of St. Michael, Sunset Park, while remaining deacon of St. Agatha, Sunset Park, effective June 30, 2025.

Deacon Charles R. Hurley, to deacon of St. Anselm, Bay Ridge, while remaining deacon of Our Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge, effective June
30, 2025.

Deacon Stanley J. Galazin, to deacon of Holy Family, Fresh Meadows, while remaining deacon of American Martyrs, Bayside, effective June 30, 2025.

Deacon Heriberto A. Cabrera, to deacon of Mary Queen of Heaven, Mill Basin, while remaining deacon of St. Bernard, Mill Basin, effective June 30, 2025.

Deacon Christopher A. Wagner, to deacon of Mary Queen of Heaven, Mill Basin, while remaining deacon of St. Bernard, Mill Basin, effective June 30, 2025.

Deacon Howard H. Fu, to retired status, while remaining in residence in Taiwan, effective May 1, 2025.

Deacon Ruben G. Siavichay, from deacon of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary-St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr, Ozone Park, and from deacon of St. Teresa of Avila-St. Anthony of Padua, South Ozone Park, to released from diocesan assignment to move to Ecuador,
effective June 30, 2025.