June is the traditional time for priest transfers, although this year, additional appointments will be announced in August, as there is constant renewal in parishes and other ministries of the archdiocese. A list of transfers as of July 2025 follows. Thank you for praying for our priests as we all thank God for their continued service. Please pray for an increase in vocations to the priesthood so that our young men may hear God’s call to service in the Church.

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

Newly Ordained

Father Michael Coleman – Parochial Vicar, Good Shepherd Parish, Manhattan

Father Kevin Noyola – Parochial Vicar, St. Brendan-St. Ann Parish, The Bronx

Father Aaron Salvan – Parochial Vicar, St. Raymond Parish, The Bronx

Returning from Graduate Studies for a parish assignment

Father David Birkdale – from The Catholic University of America to St. Benedict Parish, The Bronx

Father Vincent Castaldi – from The Catholic University of America to St. Joseph Parish, Croton Falls, and chaplain of Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School, Somers

Father Viktor Gjergji – from The Pontifical University of Santa Croce, Rome, to St. Columba Parish, Hopewell Junction

Father John Wilson – from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, to Corpus Christi-Notre Dame Parish and chaplain to Columbia University, Manhattan

Priestly Formation

Monsignor Luke Sweeney – from pastor, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Scarsdale, to vice rector, St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie

Pastors

Father Peter Heasley – remaining as pastor of Corpus Christi-Notre Dame Parish, while chaplain to Columbia University, Manhattan

Father George Sears – from Holy Name of Jesus-St. Gregory Parish, Manhattan, to Good Shepherd Parish, Manhattan, while remaining vocation director of the Archdiocese of New York

Father Arthur Rojas – pastor of St. Mary-Holy Name of Jesus-St. Peter Parish, Kingston, while remaining pastor, Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Sacred Heart Parish, Port Ewen/Esopus

Father Carlos Limongi – from St. Joseph-St. Mary Immaculate Parish, Staten Island, to Holy Name of Jesus-St. Gregory the Great Parish, Manhattan, while remaining chaplain of the New York City Police Department

Father Bladi Socualaya Miranda – from administrator to pastor, St. Anastasia Parish, Harriman

Father Stephen Ries – from secretary to the Archbishop and vice chancellor to pastor, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Scarsdale

Father Kareem Smith – from pastor, St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Co-op City, The Bronx, to pastor, Blessed Sacrament Parish, New Rochelle

Father Daniel Tuite – pastor, Christ the King Parish, Yonkers, while remaining pastor, St. Anthony, Yonkers

Pastors – renewals

Father John DeBellis – Holy Spirit Parish, Cortlandt Manor

Father Brian McSweeney – St. Augustine Parish, Ossining

Priests over 75

A priest may retire at age 75, although a priest never “retires” from being a priest. At age 75, pastors who decide to remain in parishes have the canonical title “administrator” but continue to fulfill the responsibilities of a pastor. They are appointed “administrator” for a year at a time to allow them the flexibility of deciding when they may wish to retire, and usually do so at age 80.

Monsignor William Belford – St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus Parish, Staten Island

Father William Cosgrove – St. Augustine, New City

Monsignor Thomas Derivan – St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus Parish, Pelham Bay, The Bronx

Monsignor John Graham, VF – St. Frances de Chantal Parish, Throggs Neck, The Bronx, and Dean of the East Bronx

Father Robert Grippo – Annunciation and Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Crestwood

Father John Lauri – Ss. Peter and Paul-St. Ursula Parish, Mount Vernon

Father Kevin Madigan – Our Lady of Good Counsel-St. Thomas More Parish, Manhattan

Monsignor Emmet Nevin, VF – St. Aeden Parish, Pearl River and Dean of Rockland

Msgr. Thomas Sandi – Holy Trinity Parish, Manhattan

Monsignor Kevin Sullivan – Our Saviour-Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary-St. Stephen/Our Lady of the Scapular Parish, Manhattan

Father Leonard Villa – St. Paul the Apostle, Yonkers

Parish Administrators

A priest who becomes the leader of parish for the first time serves as “administrator” for one year before being named “pastor”.

Father Charles Achi – from St. Martin de Porres Parish, Poughkeepsie, to St. Catherine Laboure Parish, Lake Katrine

Father Matthew Breslin – from St. Joseph Parish, Somers and chaplain of Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School to Ss. John and Paul Parish and St. Augustine Parish, both in Larchmont

Father Adaly Rosado – from St. Christopher-St. Margaret Mary Parish, Staten Island, to St. Joan of Arc Parish, The Bronx

Father Jean-Pierre Seon – from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, The Bronx, to St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Co-op City, The Bronx

Father Livinus Torty, MSP – from parochial vicar, St. Joseph of the Holy Family Parish, Manhattan, to Holy Family Parish, New Rochelle

Father Wesbee Victor – from parochial vicar, Holy Name of Jesus – St. Gregory the Great Parish, Manhattan, to St. Joseph-St. Mary Immaculate Parish, Staten Island

Parochial Vicars

Father Collins Ashu – from parochial vicar, St. Raymond Parish, The Bronx, to parochial vicar, Incarnation Parish, Manhattan

Father Thomas DeSimone – now parochial vicar, St. Mary- St. Peter Parish, Kingston

Father Cosme Fernandez – from parochial vicar, St. Raymond Parish, The Bronx, to parochial vicar, St. Joseph-St. Mary Immaculate Parish, Staten Island

Father Steven Gonzalez – from Incarnation parish, Manhattan, to Good Shepherd Parish, Manhattan, while remaining assistant vocation director and chaplain of Cardinal Hayes High School, The Bronx

Father Ryan Muldoon – from sabbatical for graduate studies to secretary to the Archbishop, vice chancellor of the Archdiocese of New York, Director of Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue and part-time faculty at St. Joseph’s Seminary

Father Adolfo Novio – from parochial vicar, St. Joseph-St. Mary Immaculate Parish, Staten Island to parochial vicar, St. Charles Parish chaplain of Monsignor Farrell High School, Staten Island

Father Jeffrey Pomeisl – from parochial vicar, St. Charles Parish and chaplain of Monsignor Farrell High School, Staten Island, to three months service to the Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan

Retirements

While a priest is always a priest, there comes the time to step back from the practical responsibilities of a parish or other ministry. We are all grateful to the priests who continue to serve sacramentally and in other ways during their well-deserved retirement.

Father Jack Arlotta

Father John Duff

Monsignor Leslie Ivers

Monsignor Dennis Keane

Father Paul LeBlanc

Father William Luciano

Father Robert Robbins

Monsignor Edward Weber