Diocesan Assignments

Diocesan Assignments – Nov. 6, 2021

PASTOR RELIGIOUS

Rev. Grzegorz M. Markulak, C.M., from parochial vicar to pastor of St. Stanislaus Kostka, Greenpoint, effective Sept. 27.

PAROCHIAL VICAR
(RELIGIOUS)

Rev. Jan Szylar, C.M., from administrator of St. Stanislaus Kostka, Greenpoint, to parochial vicar for SS. Cyril and Methodius, Greenpoint, effective Sept. 27.

Rev. George Kurian, C.M.I., to parochial vicar for St. Anthony–St. Alphonsus, Greenpoint, effective Oct. 5.

Rev. Slawomir Szucki, C.M., from parochial vicar for SS. Cyril and Methodius, Greenpoint, to parochial vicar of St. Stanislaus Kostka, Greenpoint, effective Oct. 1.

INCARDINATED

Rev. Jeremias Castillo, incardinated, while remaining parochial vicar of Transfiguration, Williamsburg, and ministry at The Tribunal, effective Sept. 28.

RESIDENCE

Rev. John Mendonca, from residence at Our Lady of the Angelus, Rego Park, to residence at Corpus Christi, Woodside, while remaining in senior priest status, effective Oct. 1.

NON-INCARDINATED

Rev. Luis E. Garces, to parochial vicar of St. Elizabeth, Ozone Park, effective July 1., and to spiritual director for the Hispanic Curia of the Legion of Mary, Brooklyn–Queens, Comitium, effective Sept. 1.

Rev. Nathaniel E. Ajuluchukwu, from residence at St. Gerard Majella, Hollis, to parochial vicar of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Bayside, effective Sept. 1.

Rev. Paul A. Agbodza, to parochial vicar of St. Matthew, Crown Heights, effective Oct. 1.

Rev. Philip O. Chidebelu, to residence at St. Gerard Majella, Hollis, while attending classes at St. John’s University, Jamaica, effective Sept. 1.

Rev. Hector F. Castano-Zapata, to ministry at SS. Peter and Paul, Williamsburg, effective Aug. 1.

RELIGIOUS ORDER

Rev. Franklin E. Pilario, C.M., to residence and teaching at St. John’s University, Jamaica, effective Sept. 1.

Rev. James O’Shea, C.P., to residence and ministry at the Immaculate Conception Monastery, Jamaica, effective Aug. 1.

Rev. Kenan Peters, C.P., to residence and ministry at the Immaculate Conception Monastery, Jamaica, effective Aug. 1.

Rev. Victor Hoagland, C.P., to residence and ministry at the Immaculate Conception Monastery, Jamaica, effective Aug. 1.

Rev. Paulus Rahmat, S.V.D., from residence at Our Lady of the Angelus, Rego Park, to residence at Queen of Angels, Sunnyside, while remaining ministering with Vivat International near the United Nations, effective Nov. 1.

DEACON

Deacon Robert S. Abundo, from deacon of St. Teresa, Woodside, to released from diocesan assignment to move to New Jersey, Archdiocese of Newark, effective Nov. 15.

Deacon Daniel R. Rodriguez, from deacon of Immaculate Conception, Jamaica, to deacon of St. Michael, Flushing, effective Oct. 1.

Deacon Anthony Favale, from deacon of St. Finbar, Bath Beach, to released from diocesan assignment to move to North Carolina, Diocese of Raleigh, effective Nov. 1.

Deacon Laurence O. McMaster, from deacon of St. Gerard Majella and Incarnation, Queens Village, to released from diocesan assignment to move to New Jersey, Archdiocese of Newark, effective Oct. 15.

Deacon Martin Soraire, from deacon of St. Teresa, Woodside, to retired status, effective Nov. 1.

Deacon Edwin Cancel, from deacon of Our Lady of the Angelus, Rego Park, to retired status, effective Oct. 1.

Deacon Ruben Mendez, from deacon of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Astoria, to retired status, effective Oct. 1.

DEACON (NON-INCARDINATED)

Deacon Thomas J. Murphy, to deacon of Blessed Trinity, Rockaway Point, effective Nov. 1.