Bishop Salvatore R. Matano has made the following appointments, which become effective June 27, 2023, unless otherwise noted:
Father Anthony J. Amato from parochial administrator, St. Peter, Clifton Springs, to pastor of same, effective April 11, 2023.
Father Michael J. Costik granted second, six-year term as pastor, St. Benedict, Canandaigua.
Father B. Nathan Davis from parochial vicar, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Irondequoit, to new assignment from the Bishop of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, effective July 1, 2023.
Father Simon Atta Denchira from parochial vicar, St. Louis, Pittsford, to parochial vicar, St. Benedict, Canandaigua.
Father Clifford Dorkenoo from the Diocese of Obuasi, Ghana, to parochial vicar, Holy Spirit and St. Joseph, Penfield.
Father John F. Gagnier from parochial administrator, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Hamlin, to parochial administrator, St. Anthony, Groton; Holy Cross, Dryden/Freeville; and All Saints, Lansing.
Father Timothy E. Horan from pastor, Holy Trinity, Webster, to senior status.
Father Stanley G. Kacprzak extended as pastor, Our Lady of the Valley, Hornell.
Father Scott M. Kubinski granted second, six-year term as pastor, Most Holy Name of Jesus, Elmira.
Father John F. Loncle granted second six-year term as pastor, Blessed Sacrament, St. Boniface and St. Mary’s, Rochester.
Father Joseph W. Marcoux from pastor, St. Catherine of Siena, Ithaca, to pastor, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Brockport, and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Hamlin.
Father Joseph J. Martuscello from parochial vicar, Our Mother of Sorrows, Greece, and Holy Cross, Charlotte, to parochial vicar, St. Mary, Auburn; Ss. Mary & Martha, Auburn; and Our Lady of the Snow, Weedsport.
Father Joseph P. Maurici III from parochial vicar, St. Mary, Auburn; Ss. Mary & Martha, Auburn; and Our Lady of the Snow, Weedsport, to parochial vicar, St. Louis, Pittsford.
Father Joseph P. McCaffrey from pastor, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Brockport, to senior status.
Father Justin D. Miller from parochial administrator, St. John the Evangelist, Spencerport, to parochial vicar, Our Mother of Sorrows, Greece, and Holy Cross, Charlotte.
Father John Orege Omboga from temporary parochial administrator, All Saints, Corning, to parochial administrator, St. Catherine of Siena, Ithaca.
Father Jorge I. Ramírez from parochial administrator, St. Anthony, Groton; Holy Cross, Dryden/Freeville; and All Saints, Lansing, to pastor, Holy Trinity, Webster.
Father Robert P. Ring to part-time parochial vicar, St. Leo the Great, Hilton.
Father Sriram K. Sadhanala, HGN, from parochial vicar, Holy Spirit and St. Joseph, Penfield, to parochial administrator, St. John the Evangelist, Spencerport.
Father Matthew J. Walter from parochial vicar, St. Benedict, Canandaigua, to parochial administrator, All Saints, Corning.
This story was updated April 19, 2023, to incorporate an additional appointment.
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