Bishop Edmund J. Whalen, Vicar for Clergy for the Archdiocese of New York, has announced the following priest assignments and retirements for the Archdiocese of New York.

List of priest assignments and retirements for 2023:

Transfers 2023:

Administrator/Pastor to Pastor:

Reverend Karl Lindblad, from Military Chaplaincy to Pastor, St. Stanislaus, Pleasant Valley

Reverend Anthony Giacona, from Administrator, Immaculate Conception – Most Sacred Heart, Port Jervis to Pastor, Immaculate Conception- Most Sacred Heart, Port Jervis 

Reverend Arthur Rojas, from Administrator, Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Sacred Heart, Port Ewen to Pastor, Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Sacred Heart, Port Ewen

Reverend Carlos Limongi, from Administrator, St. Joseph-St. Mary Immaculate, Staten Island, to Pastor, St. Joseph-St. Mary Immaculate, Staten Island

Reverend Jeffrey Maurer, from Administrator, St. Christopher-St. Sylvia and Good Shepherd-St. Joseph, Red Hook, to Pastor, St. Christopher-St. Sylvia and Good Shepherd-St. Joseph, Red Hook

Reverend Joseph Akunaeziri, from Administrator, Our Lady of Victory-Sacred Heart, Mount Vernon to Pastor, Our Lady of Victory-Sacred Heart, Mount Vernon

Reverend Paul Michael Waddell, from Administrator, St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus, Briarcliff Manor, to Pastor, St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus, Briarcliff Manor

Reverend Rizzalino Garcia, from Administrator, Sacred Heart, Staten Island, to Pastor, Sacred Heart, Staten Island

Reverend Roger Kwan, from Administrator, Transfiguration-St. James/St. Joseph, Manhattan, to Pastor, Transfiguration-St. James/St. Joseph, Manhattan

Reverend Jose Felix Ortega de la Fuente, from Pastor, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Bronx to Pastor, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Bronx and Pastor, St. Martin of Tours, Bronx 

Reverend Felix Reyes Alba, CRL, from Pastor, St. Jude, Manhattan and Pastor, Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs, Manhattan to Pastor, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs-St. Jude, Manhattan 

Reverend Anthony Mizzi-Gili, from Pastor, Holy Trinity, Poughkeepsie to Pastor, Our Lady Queen of Peace, Staten Island 

Reverend Monsignor Joseph Giandurco, from Pastor, St. Patrick, Yorktown Heights, and Administrator, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Shrub Oak to Pastor, St. Patrick, Yorktown Heights and Pastor, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Shrub Oak

One Year Extension

Reverend Jose Rivas, Administrator, St. Athanasius, Bronx

Parochial Vicar to Administrator

Reverend Ajith Wellington Kirialdeniyage, O.M.I., from Parochial Vicar, Holy Trinity, Poughkeepsie, to Administrator, St. Mary, Wappingers Falls 

Reverend Jorge Cleto, from Parochial Vicar, St. Elizabeth, Manhattan, to Administrator, St. Luke, Bronx

Reverend Luis Silva Cervantes, from Parochial Vicar, St. Raymond, Bronx, to Administrator, St. Brendan-St. Ann, Bronx

Parochial Vicar/Pastor to Parochial Vicar

Reverend Soosairaj Michael, from Parochial Vicar, St. Gregory the Great, Harrison, to Parochial Vicar, St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus, Briarcliff Manor 

Reverend Osvaldo Hernandez Marte, from Parochial Vicar, St. Peter-St. Mary, Haverstraw, to Parochial Vicar, St. Lawrence O’Toole, Brewster

Reverend Raul Miguez, from Pastor, St. Brendan-St. Ann, Bronx, to Parochial Vicar, St. John’s-Visitation, Bronx

Reverend Dominic Thomas, Pastor, from Our Lady Queen of Peace, Staten Island, to Parochial Vicar, St. Gregory the Great, Harrison

Reverend Daniel D’Alliessi, from Pastor, St. Peter’s, Poughkeepsie, to Parochial Vicar, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Manhattan

Continuing Educational Studies

Reverend Jon Tviet, Administrator, St. Mary, Wappingers Falls, to the Catholic University of America, Washington DC

Reverend Ryan Muldoon, Parochial Vicar, St. Patrick, Yorktown Heights, Parochial Vicar, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Manhattan and Director of the Office of Ecumenical and Religious Dialogue, while in doctoral studies 

Ending First Term and continuing as Pastor for a second term

Reverend John Higgins, Pastor, Holy Cross, Bronx

Reverend Michael Moon, Pastor, Sacred Heart, Hartsdale

Reverend Edward Russell, Pastor, Incarnation, Manhattan

Reverend Gilberto Angel-Neri, Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes, Manhattan

Ending Second Term and continuing as Pastor for a third term

Reverend Robert Norris, Pastor, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Elmsford

Reverend Osvaldo Franklin, Pastor, Our Lady of Fatima, Yonkers

Reverend Michael Keane, Pastor, St. Anastasia, Harriman

Reverend Robert Morris, St. Bernard, White Plains

Reverend Richard Smith, Pastor, St. Joachim and St. John the Evangelist, Beacon

Reverend Dennis Nikolic, Pastor, St. Joseph, Middletown

Reverend Jacek Wosny, Pastor, St. Stanislaus Kostka, Staten Island

Reverend Philip Kelly, Pastor, St. Francis de Sales, Manhattan

Ending Third Term and continuing as Pastor for a fourth term

Reverend Steven Clark, Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, Mt. Kisco

Ending Fourth Term and continuing as Pastor for a fifth term

Reverend Peter Popovich, Pastor, Our Lady of Shkodra, Hartsdale

One year re-appointment until the age of 75

Reverend Francis Scanlon, Pastor, St. Mary-Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mt. Vernon

Reverend Leonard Villa, Pastor, St. Paul the Apostle, Yonkers

Reverend Monsignor Francis McAree, Pastor, St. Catharine of Alexandria

Reverend Peter McGeory, Pastor, St. Joseph, Bronxville

Reverend Thomas Augustine Badgley, Pastor, Holy Rosary, Greenwood Lake

Reverend Monsignor Donald Dwyer, Pastor, Resurrection, Rye

Reverend Brian McCarthy, Pastor, St. Margaret of Cortona-St. Gabriel, Bronx

Reverend Monsignor John Graham, Pastor, St. Frances de Chantal, Bronx

Reverend Joseph Francis, Pastor, St. Joseph, Yonkers

One year re-appointment until the age of 80

Reverend Monsignor Dennis Keane, Administrator, Holy Family, New Rochelle

Reverend Peter Madori, Administrator, St. Joseph, New City

Reverend Philip Caruso, Administrator, St. John the Evangelist, Mahopac

Reverend Thomas Madden, Administrator, St. Peter-St. Mary of the Assumption

Reverend James (Boniface) Ramsey, Administrator, St. Joseph, Manhattan

Reverend Jose Ambooken, Administrator, Our Lady of Mercy, Bronx

Reverend Monsignor Thomas Derivan, Administrator, St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus, Bronx

Reverend Robert Grippo, Administrator, Annunciation and Our Lady of Fatima, Crestwood

Reverend John Lauri, Administrator, Ss. Peter & Paul-St. Ursula, Mt. Vernon

Reverend Monsignor Emmet Nevin, Administrator, St. Aedan, Pearl River

Reverend Monsignor William Belford, Administrator, St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus, Staten Island

Reverend William Cosgrove, Administrator, St. Augustine, New City

Reverend Kevin Madigan, Administrator, Our Lady of Good Council-St. Thomas More, Manhattan

Newly Ordained

Reverend Zachary Alspaugh, to St. Patrick, Yorktown Heights

Reverend Collins Ashu, to St. Raymond, Bronx

Reverend Carlos Germosen, St. Peter and St. Mary of the Assumption, Haverstraw