Clergy announcements for October 2023

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., announced the following appointments for October: 

PASTOR RENEWALS

Msgr. Robert S. Meyer has been granted a second term to his pastorate at Saint Teresa of Avila, Summit, effective Oct. 16, 2023, and ending on June 30, 2030.

Father Richard J. Kelly has been granted a second term to his pastorate at Sacred Heart, Rochelle Park, effective Sept. 16, 2023, and ending on June 30, 2030.

Father Ireneusz Pierzchala has been granted a second term to his pastorate at Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus, Linden, effective Sept. 16, 2023, and ending June 30, 2030.

ADMINISTRATOR

Father Tadeusz Majcher, S.D.S. has been appointed administrator of Saint John Paul II Parish, Bayonne, effective Oct. 1, 2023.

TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR

Mgsr. Richard J. Arnhols has been appointed temporary administrator of Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Ridgefield Park, effective Oct. 11, 2023.

PAROCHIAL VICARS

Father Jakov Vidov has been appointed parochial vicar of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Ridgewood, effective Oct. 6, 2023.

ARCHDIOCESAN POSITIONS

Msgr. Gerard H. McCarren, S.T.D. has been appointed rector of Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University, effective Sept. 1, 2023, and ending Aug. 31, 2028.

CHAPLAINS

Father Jungsoo Kim has been appointed chaplain for The Legion of Mary, Newark Korean Comitium while remaining pastor at the Church of the Madonna, effective Oct. 1, 2023.

Father Michael Yeong Min Kim has been appointed chaplain for the Worldwide Marriage Encounter of USA, Northeast Division, Region 19, while remaining parochial vicar at Saint Andrew Kim Korean Catholic Church, effective Oct. 1, 2023.

RELEASE RENEWALS

Father Sudash J. Kokeram has been granted permission to serve as contract priest at the Womack Army Medical Center in the Army Reserve, Fort Bragg, N.C., for an additional five-year term.

COUNCIL OF PRIESTS

Father James T. Brown has been elected as a member of the Council of Priests of the Archdiocese of Newark for a three-year term.

Father Juancho G. De Leon has been elected as a member of the Council of Priests of the Archdiocese of Newark for a three-year term.

RETIREMENT

Father Paul A. Holmes has been granted retirement, effective Oct. 1, 2023.