Diocesan Assignments

Diocesan Assignments: May 21, 2016

RETIRED

Rev. Richard J. Hoare, from parochial vicar of Blessed Sacrament, Jackson Heights, to senior priest status, effective June 30.

Rev. John J. Gildea, from parochial vicar of St. Bartholomew, Elmhurst, to senior priest status, effective June 30.

Rev. Msgr. Raymond W. Kutner, to summer ministry at Most Precious Blood, Long Island City, while remaining in senior priest status, effective July 1.

PAROCHIAL VICAR

Rev. Daniel K. Rajski, from parochial vicar of St. Matthias, Ridgewood, to parochial vicar of Blessed Trinity, Rockaway Point, effective June 30.

Rev. Dariusz P. Strzelecki, from parochial vicar of St. Anastasia, Douglaston, to parochial vicar of St. Matthias, Ridgewood, effective June 30.

Rev. Lukasz Lech, from parochial vicar of St. Luke, Whitestone, to parochial vicar of Our Lady of Grace, Gravesend, effective June 30.

Rev. Joseph F. Wilson, from parochial vicar of St. Margaret, Middle Village, to parochial vicar of St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Jamaica, effective May 15.

Rev. Michael J. McHugh, from parochial vicar of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Williamsburg, to parochial vicar of Corpus Christi, Woodside, effective May 1.

RELEASED FROM DIOCESAN ASSIGNMENT

Rev. Giancarlo T. Pattugalan, from parochial vicar of St. Margaret, Middle Village, to released from diocesan assignment to post ordination studies in Rome, effective Sept. 1.

NON-INCARDINATED

Rev. Jon O. Ukaegbu, from residence at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, and from weekend ministry at St. Thomas the Apostle, Woodhaven, to part-time parochial vicar of St. Rose of Lima, Parkville, and Holy Spirit, Borough Park, while teaching at Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, effective June 30.

Rev. Victor K. Ashiagbor, to summer ministry at St. Ephrem, Dyker Heights, while remaining parochial vicar of Sacred Hearts-St. Stephen, Carroll Gardens, effective Aug. 1.

RELIGIOUS ORDER

Rev. Michael K. Onyekwere, S.D.V., to chaplain of SS. Joachim and Anne Nursing Home, Coney Island, and to residence at Our Lady of Solace, Coney Island, effective May 1.

Rev. Carlos R. Prieto, O.P., from parochial vicar of Corpus Christi, Woodside, to leave the Diocese of Brooklyn, effective April 30.

Rev. Luis A. Diaz, C.S., from temporary residence at St. Joseph Patron of the Universal Church, Bushwick, to return to ministry with his order, effective April 22.

Rev. Marvin Navas, C.M., to summer ministry at St. John the Baptist, Bedford-Stuyvesant, while remaining formation director for college seminarians and associate vocation director at St. John’s University, Jamaica, effective June 24.

Rev. Tri Minh Duong, C.M., to campus ministry at St. John’s University, Jamaica, effective May 9.

Rev. John R. Sheehan, S.J., to residence at Our Lady of Mercy, Forest Hills, effective May 15.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT

Rev. Msgr. Thomas G. Caserta, to diocesan coordinator of the Courage Apostolate, while remaining pastor of St. Bernadette, Dyker Heights, effective May 1.

Very Rev. Patrick J. Keating, to deputy CEO of Catholic Charities, while remaining associate vicar for human services, CEO of Catholic Migration Services, chaplain of the Catholic Lawyers Guild for Kings County, and in post-ordination studies, effective April 25.

Rev. Rafael J. Perez, to spiritual director of Jovenes de Valor, while remaining parochial vicar of Divine Mercy, Williamsburg, effective May 1.

Rev. John P. Cush, to academic dean of the Pontifical North American College in Rome, while remaining in post-ordination studies, effective May 30.