Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., has announced the following clergy assignments, effective July 1, 2024
Retirement
Rev. Daniel Hesko, pastor, St. Catherine Laboure Parish, Middletown
Rev. Michael Manning, pastor, Holy Cross Parish, Rumson
Rev. Pedro Bou, S.V.D., in residence, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Lakewood
Rev. Stephen Schuler, S.V.D., in residence, St. Raphael-Holy Angels Parish, Hamilton
Administrator/Pastor
Rev. Michael Lankford-Stokes, from staff Catholic chaplain at New Jersey Healthcare System, VA Hospital to pastor, Holy Cross Parish, Rumson
Rev. Richard Osborn, from parochial vicar, St. James Parish, Red Bank, to administrator, St. Catherine Laboure Parish, Middletown.
Rev. Jason Parzynski, from administrator to pastor, St. David the King Parish, West Windsor
Rev. Christopher Dayton, from administrator to pastor, St. Paul Parish, Princeton
Rev. Peter Claver Fleury Lunimbu, S.V.D., from parochial vicar to administrator, St. Ann Parish, Browns Mills
Parochial Vicar
Rev. Kerly Francois, from St. Thomas Diocese, U.S. Virgin Islands, to parochial vicar, St. Paul Parish, Princeton
Rev. Eugene Vavrick, from parochial vicar, Our Lady of Perpetual Help-St. Agnes Parish, Atlantic Highlands, to parochial vicar, St. Raphael-Holy Angels Parish, Hamilton
Rev. Miguel Valle, from administrative leave to parochial vicar, St. Mark Parish, Sea Girt
Rev. Carlos Castilla, from parochial vicar, St. Mark Parish, Sea Girt, to parochial vicar, St. Michael Parish, West End, and Catholic Campus Ministry in Monmouth University, West Long Branch
Rev. Andrew Thu Pham, S.V.D., from parochial vicar, St. Monica Parish, Atlantic City, to parochial vicar, St. Ann Parish, Browns Mills
Newly Ordained
Rev. Wynne Kerridge, to parochial vicar, St. James Parish, Red Bank
Rev. Brian Meinders, to parochial vicar, St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, Freehold