PASTOR (RELIGIOUS ORDER)

Rev. Gerald J. Fitzsimmons, S.M.M., to pastor of St. Mary Gate of Heaven, Ozone Park, effective Sept. 15.

PAROCHIAL VICAR (RELIGIOUS ORDER)

Rev. Bernard Carman, S.A.C., to parochial vicar of Our Lady of Pompeii, Williamsburg, effective July 1.

Rev. Orlando Cardona, C.M., to parochial vicar of St. John the Baptist, Bedford Stuyvesant, effective Aug. 1.

Rev. Francis Poux, C.Ss.R., to parochial vicar of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bay Ridge, effective June 25.

RETIRED

Rev. Msgr. Rollin Darbouze, from pastor of Holy Innocents, Flatbush, to senior priest status, effective Jan. 31, 2010.

Rev. Msgr. Raymond W. Kutner, from pastor of Blessed Sacrament, Jackson Heights, to senior priest status, effective Jan. 31, 2010.

Rev. John W. Byrnes from residence at the Bishop Mugavero Residence, Douglaston, to residence at Queen of Peace Residence, Queens Village, effective Oct. 1.

RELIGIOUS ORDER

Rev. Mark J. Burke, S.J., to residence at St. Francis Xavier, Park Slope, while attending school at the New School for Social Research, effective July 15.

Rev. Thomas D. Poth, S.M.M., from pastor of St. Mary Gate of Heaven, Ozone Park, to return to his order to ministry in Nicaragua, effective Sept. 15.

NON-INCARDINATED

Rev. William K. Aguzey, to parochial vicar of St. Joan of Arc, Jackson Heights, effective Aug. 1.

Rev. Ponnachan Georgekutty, from parochial vicar of St. Bernadette, Dyker Heights, to return to his home diocese in India, effective Aug. 30.

Rev. Edwin O. Nwabugwu to parochial vicar of Resurrection, Gerritsen Beach, effective Sept. 1.

Rev. Christopher Okorie, from parochial vicar of Our Lady of Mercy, Forest Hills and P/T chaplain at St. John’s Preparatory High School, to return to his diocese in Nigeria, effective Aug. 31.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT

Rev. Msgr. John J. Bracken, from Vicar General for Temporalities, to sabbatical, effective June 30.