BISHOP'S OFFICE

75 Greene Ave.

P.O. Box C,

Brooklyn, New York 11202

Official

Appointments

PASTOR
Rev. Msgr. Thomas G. Caserta, from Director of Office of Ministry and Life of Priests, and Spiritual Director of the Cathedral Seminary Residence,  Douglaston, to pastor of St. Bernadette, Dyker Heights, effective June 30.
Rev. Matteo J. Rizzo, from pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dyker Heights, to pastor of St. Francis of Paola, Williamsburg, effective June 30.
Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Romano, from pastor of St. Bernadette, Dyker Heights, to pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dyker Heights, effective June 30.
Rev. Msgr. Joseph A. Nugent, from pastor of Our Lady of the Presentation, Bedford-Stuyvesant, to pastor of St. Rita, New Lots, effective June 30.
Rev. James H. Sweeney, from released from diocesan assignment due to health reasons, to pastor of Our Lady of the Presentation, Bedford-Stuyvesant, eff. June 30.
Rev. Lucasz P. Trocha, from parochial vicar of St. Rose of Lima, Parkville, and parochial vicar of St. Catharine of Alexandria, Borough Park, to pastor of St. Rose of Lima, Parkville, effective June 30.
Rev. Msgr. Joseph P. Calise, from Rector/Principal of the Cathedral Preparatory Seminary, Elmhurst, to pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Williamsburg, and administrator of Annunciation, Williamsburg, eff. Sept. 1.
 
PAROCHIAL VICAR
Rev. Charles S. Fermeglia, to parochial vicar of St. Helen, Howard Beach, effective May 1.
Rev. Heung Jong Joo, from parochial vicar of St. Raphael, Long Island City, to parochial vicar of Blessed Virgin Mary Help of Christians, Woodside, effective March 7.
Rev. Eun Seok Son, to parochial vicar of St. Paul Chong Ha-Sang, Flushing, effective March 14.
Rev. John Dea Ha Kim to parochial vicar of St. Paul Chong Ha-Sang, Flushing, effective March 14.
 
PAROCHIAL VICAR (RELIGIOUS ORDER)
Rev. Jairo Ariel Alfonso, CS, to parochial vicar of St. Joseph Patron of the Universal Church, Bushwick, effective March 28.
 
CHAPLAIN
Rev. William F. Sweeney, from pastor of St. Catherine of Sienna, St. Albans, and part-time chaplain of St. Francis Preparatory High School, Fresh Meadows, to full-time chaplain of St. Francis Preparatory High School, with residence at American Martyrs, Bayside, effective June 30.
 
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT
Rev. Kevin P. Abels, from parochial vicar of St. Sebastian, Woodside, to Associate Vocation Director and Catholic High Schools Liaison, with residence at the Cathedral Preparatory Seminary, Elmhurst, effective June 30.
Rev. Joseph G. Fonti, to Director of the SS. Peter and Paul Spirituality Center, at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, and Associate Spiritual Director of the Cathedral Seminary Residence, Douglaston, with residence at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, effective June 30, while remaining pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Williamsburg, and administrator of Annunciation, Williamsburg, until Sept. 1.
Rev. Fred Marano, from pastor of St. Rose of Lima, Parkville, to Spiritual Director of the Cathedral Seminary Residence, Douglaston, with residence at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, effective June 30, and Rector/Principal of Cathedral Preparatory Seminary, Elmhurst, effective Aug. 1.
 
RETIRED
Rev. Thaddeus A. Grzelak, from parochial vicar of Our Lady of Hope, Middle Village, to senior priest status, with private residence, effective June 30.
Rev. Angelo Pezzullo, to senior active priest status, while remaining parochial vicar of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ozone Park, effective March 1.
 
SABBATICAL
Rev. Richard J. Bretone, from Chaplain at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, to sabbatical, effective June 30.