Archbishop William E. Lori announced the following clergy assignments June 25.
RETIREMENT
Monsignor Martin Feild
from Pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Taneytown to Retirement. Effective July 1.
PASTOR/ADMINISTRATOR
Reverend John Lesnick
from Associate Pastor of St. John Parish in Westminster and area health care minister to Pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Taneytown. Effective July 1.
Reverend Steven Roth
from Associate Pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Towson to Administrator of St. Isaac Jogues Parish in Carney. Effective July 1.
Reverend John “Jack” Ward
from Administrator of St. Francis de Sales Parish in Abingdon to Pastor of St. Francis de Sales Parish, while continuing as Pastor of Prince of Peace Parish in Edgewood. Effective July 1.
Reverend Samuel Young
from Educational Sabbatical to Pastor of St. Paul Parish in Ellicott City. Effective July 1.
ASSOCIATE PASTOR
Reverend John Paul Kuzma, O.F.M. Cap.
to Associate Pastor of Our Lady of the Mountains. Effective June 8.
Reverend Gonzalo Cadavid-Rivera
from Associate Pastor of Resurrection of Our Lord Parish in Laurel and St. John the Evangelist Parish in Columbia to Associate Pastor of St. John Parish in Westminster. Effective July 1.
Reverend Jaime Garcia-Vasquez
from Associate Pastor of St. John Parish in Westminster to Associate Pastor of St. Francis de Sales Parish in Abingdon and Prince of Peace Parish in Edgewood. Effective July 1.
Reverend Joseph Langan
from Studies in Rome to Associate Pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Fullerton. Effective July 1.
Reverend Jose Opalda
from Associate Pastor at St. Joseph Parish in Cockeysville to Associate Pastor of St. John Parish in Westminster. Effective July 1.
Reverend William Spacek
from hospital chaplain and medical leave to Associate Pastor of Shrine of St. Alphonsus in Baltimore. Effective July 1.
NEWLY ORDAINED
Reverend Christopher de Leon
to summer ministry at the parishes in Western Maryland before returning to Rome for Studies. Effective July 1.
Reverend Joshua Laws
to summer ministry at Holy Family Catholic Community of Middletown, before returning to Rome for Studies. Effective July 1.
Reverend Carlos Osorio
to Associate Pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Cockeysville. Effective July 1.
Reverend Francis Ouma
to Associate Pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Towson. Effective July 1.
SABBATICAL
Reverend Christopher Moore
from Pastor of St. Isaac Jogues Parish in Carney to Sabbatical. Effective immediately.
Reverend Ernest Cibelli
from Priest Secretary to Cardinal Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore and Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, to Doctoral Studies with residence at St. Joseph Parish in Cockeysville. Effective July 1.