Diocesan Assignments

Diocesan Assignments – September 5, 2015

PASTOR

Rev. Francis J. Hughes, from pastor of St. Columba, Marine Park, and from dean of Brooklyn 11 Deanery, to pastor of St. Pancras, Glendale, effective Sept. 1.

 

ADMINISTRATOR

Rev. Timothy Lambert, from parochial vicar of Mary Queen of Heaven, Mill Basin, to administrator of St. Columba, Marine Park, effective Sept. 1.

 

PAROCHIAL VICAR (RELIGIOUS)

Rev. Carlos Cardoso, S.A.C., to parochial vicar of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii, Williamsburg, effective Sept. 1.

Rev. Christopher Cleary, C.P., to parochial vicar of Immaculate Conception, Jamaica, effective Sept. 15.

 

RETIRED

Rev. James P. Bradley, from coordinator of Disability Services, Catholic Charities, to senior priest status with private residence, effective Oct. 31.

Rev. William A. Smith, from released from diocesan assignment for medical reasons, to senior priest status, while remaining in residence at Corpus Christi, Woodside, effective June 30.

 

RELEASED FROM DIOCESAN ASSIGNMENT

Rev. Mark G. Simmons, from parochial vicar of Holy Name of Jesus, Park Slope, to released from diocesan assignment for personal reasons, with private residence effective Aug. 1.

 

RESIDENCE

Rev. Lawrence E. Hinch, from residence at Bishop Mugavero Residence, Douglaston, to residence at Sunrise of Holbrook, Holbrook, N.Y., while remaining in senior priest status, effective July 8.

Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Healy, from residence at Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona, to residence at St. Michael, Sunset Park, while remaining in senior priest status, effective June 30.

 

NON-INCARDINATED

Rev. Gonzague D. Leroux, from pastoral work at Hearts Home, Brooklyn, to ministry in the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., effective Aug. 1.

Rev. Jon Ukaegbu, from summer ministry at Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jamaica, to temporary residence at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, effective Aug. 21.

Rev. Jean S. Bruno, from residence at Our Lady of the Snows, North Floral Park, to residence at American Martyrs, Bayside, while remaining chaplain of Long Island Jewish Hospital, New Hyde Park, L.I., effective Sept. 1.

Rev. James P. Mannion Jr., from adjunct spiritual director at Cathedral Seminary House of Formation, Douglaston, to return to ministry in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, effective June 29.

Rev. Lucas Moreno, from parochial vicar of St. Bartholomew, Elmhurst, to return to his home diocese in Colombia, effective July 15.

Rev. George Sears, to vice-rector and dean of students of the Cathedral Seminary House of Formation, Douglaston, effective Aug. 15.

Rev. Charles N. Ugwu, to chaplain of SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, and to residence at St. Matthew, Crown Heights, effective July 20, and to weekend ministry at New York Methodist Hospital, Park Slope, while remaining chaplain of SUNY Downstate Hospital, effective Aug. 1.

 

RELIGIOUS ORDER

Rev. Andre F. Saint Preux, S.D.B., to chaplain of Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica, and to residence at Our Lady of the Cenacle, Richmond Hill, effective Aug. 1.

Rev. Gabriel M. Scasino, O.F.M. Conv., to ministry at San Damiano Mission, Greenpoint, effective Sept. 1.

Rev. Binoy George, C.M.I., from parochial vicar of Sacred Heart, East Glendale, to return to his order in India, effective March 31.

Rev. Chon Sin (Joseph) Heng, C.Ss.R., from residence and ministry at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park, to ministry with his order, effective Dec. 31, 2014.

Rev. Joseph C. Tizio, C.Ss.R., from pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park, to ministry with his order in Boston, Mass., effective Aug. 6.

Rev. Constantin Konyi-Kalamba, C.I.C.M., from residence at St. Gerard Majella Shrine, Hollis, while attending classes at St. John’s University, Jamaica, to return to ministry with his order in the Congo, effective June 30.

Rev. Livio Stella, C.S., from parochial vicar of St. Joseph Patron of the Universal Church, Bushwick, to return to ministry with his order, effective July 23.

Rev. Joseph V. Daly, C.M., from residence at St. John’s University, Jamaica, to ministry with his order in Philadelphia, Pa., effective June 30.

Rev. Robert Pagliari, C.Ss.R., from secretary of the C.Ss.R. Province and part-time professor at St. John’s University, Jamaica, to ministry with his order in the Archdiocese of New York, effective Aug. 6.

Rev. Lukas Sztorc, C.M., from residence at St. Stanislaus Kostka, Greenpoint, to return to ministry in Poland, effective June 30.

Rev. Jairo A. Alfonso, C.S., from parochial vicar of St. Joseph Patron of the Universal Church, Bushwick, to return to ministry with his order, effective June 30.

Rev. Kevin Moley, C.Ss.R., from residence at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park, to ministry with his order in North Carolina, effective Aug. 6.

Rev. Francisco Murray, C.P., from residence at the Immaculate Conception Monastery, Jamaica, to return to ministry with his order in Argentina, effective July 1.

Rev. Lorenzo Gomez, S.D.V., to chaplain of Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, while remaining in residence at Our Lady of Solace, Coney Island, effective June 29.

Rev. Enel Almeus, C.S.Sp. from residence at St. Pius X, Rosedale, to chaplain of New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, and to residence at St. Ann’s Rectory (Mary’s Nativity-St. Ann), Flushing, effective Aug. 1.

Rev. Timothy Tighe, C.S.P., from residence at St. Saviour, Park Slope, to residence in the Archdiocese of New York, effective Jan. 31, 2015.

Rev. Jean R. Bonenge, C.M., from parochial vicar of St. John the Baptist, Bedford Stuyvesant, to ministry with the Congregation of the Mission Province, effective Aug. 31.

 

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT

Rev. Jun Hee Lee, to regional vocation director for Queens North, while remaining parochial vicar of St. Mel, Flushing, effective June 30.

Rev. Alonzo Q. Cox, to regional vocation director for Brooklyn East, while remaining pastor of St. Martin de Porres, Bedford Stuyvesant, and while remaining coordinator of ministry to the African-Americans, effective June 30.

Rev. Msgr. John J. Brown, to dean of Brooklyn 11 Deanery, while remaining pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas, Marine Park, effective Sept. 1.

 

TRANSITIONAL DEACON

Rev. Mr. Victor M. Bolaños, to deacon in transition of St. Gabriel, East Elmhurst, while remaining in formation at Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary, Kearny, N.J., effective May 17.

 

DEACON

Deacon Jorge E. Castillo, from deacon of St. Sebastian, Woodside, to deacon of Holy Child Jesus, Richmond Hill, effective Aug. 1.

Deacon William McNamara, from deacon of Sacred Heart, Bayside, to released from diocesan assignment to move to the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, effective July 1.