Diocesan Assignments

Diocesan Assignments – Nov. 27, 2021

PASTOR EMERITUS

Rev. Msgr. Ronald T. Marino, to pastor emeritus of St. Rosalia-Regina Pacis, Dyker Heights, effective Dec. 31.

ADMINISTRATOR

Rev. Sebastian T. Andro, from parochial vicar to administrator of St. Rosalia-Regina Pacis, Dyker Heights, effective January 1, 2022.

RETIRED

Rev. Msgr. Ronald T. Marino, from pastor of St. Rosalia-Regina Pacis, Dyker Heights and from rector of the Minor Basilica of Regina Pacis, Dyker Heights, to senior priest status, while remaining in residence at St. Rosalia-Regina Pacis, Dyker Heights, effective Dec. 31.

Rev. Michael J. Himes, from released from diocesan assignment, ministering outside Brooklyn, to senior priest status, effective Oct. 1.

RESIDENCE

Rev. Msgr. John F. Casey, from residence at Our Lady of Lourdes, Queens Village, to residence at the Bishop Mugavero Residence for Senior Priests, Douglaston, effective Nov. 1.

NON-INCARDINATED

Rev. Felino Reyes, from parochial vicar of Holy Innocents and from parochial vicar of Our Lady of Refuge, Flatbush, to parochial vicar of Blessed Sacrament-Saint Sylvester, Cypress Hills, effective Oct. 1.

Rev. Vincent Schifano, from parochial vicar of Holy Trinity, Whitestone, to return to the Diocese of Rockville Centre, effective Oct. 30.

Rev. Jae-Hyun Jun, from residence at St. Paul Chong Ha-sang, Flushing, to return to his home diocese in Korea, effective Aug. 1.

Rev. Je-Hyoung Cho, to part-time ministry at Holy Spirit, Brooklyn, while remaining president of the Korean Newspaper “Peace Times Weekly”, effective Oct. 1.

RELIGIOUS ORDER

Rev. Faustino Cruz, S.M., from weekend ministry at Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Williamsburg, to continue ministry in the Archdiocese of New York, effective July 1.

Rev. Thomas Basquel, C.S.Sp., from parochial vicar of St. Camillus-St. Virgilius, Rockaway Beach, to return to ministry with his order in Ireland, effective July 1.

Rev. Joseph Wisniewski, C. M., from residence at SS. Cyril and Methodius, Williamsburg, to residence at his Order Provincial’s House in Connecticut, effective Sept. 30.

Rev. James Pallathupurayidam, C.M.I., from ministry at St. Anthony-St. Alphonsus, Greenpoint, to return to ministry with his order in India, effective Oct. 20.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT

Rev. Patrick H. Longalong, to Associate Vicar for Migrant and Ethnic Apostolates for the Diocese of Brooklyn, while remaining pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes, Queens Village, and coordinator of ministry to the Filipino Immigrants, effective Nov. 1.

Rev. Pil Koo Hwang, to part-time chaplain for Holy Cross High School, Flushing, while remaining parochial vicar of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bayside, effective Nov. 1.

CORRECTION

A diocesan assignment published on Nov. 6, 2021, incorrectly listed the date of departure for Deacon Thomas J. Quinn.

The correct date of departure was Nov. 1, 2021.