Close Article X

Official appointments - May 2019

- Archdiocese of Miami

Archbishop Thomas Wenski has made the following appointments: 

Effective May 1:

  • Father Ireneusz Ekiert to ministry at Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School, with residence at St. John Neumann, Miami. 
  • Msgr. Dariusz J. Zielonka to judge, Metropolitan Tribunal, and in residence at St. Rose of Lima, Miami Shores.

Retirement, effective May 13:

  • Father Michael Hoyer. 

Photographer:

Retirement, effective June 15:

  • Msgr. Oscar Castañeda.
  • Father Bernard Kirlin.
  • Msgr. Jude O’Doherty.
  • Father Dominick O'Dwyer.
  • Father Thomas O'Dwyer.
  • Father Liam Quinn.
Retirement, effective June 30:
  • Father Henrick Jose.

Newly ordained, effective June 15:

  • Father Reynold Brevil to parochial vicar, St. Mary Cathedral, Miami.
  • Father Yonhatan Londoño to parochial vicar, St. Louis, Pinecrest.
  • Father Jose Enrique Lopez to parochial vicar, St. Gregory, Plantation.
  • Father Martin Muñoz to parochial vicar, Nativity, Hollywood.
  • Father Elkin Sierra to parochial vicar, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Doral.

Effective June 15:

  • Father Jose Alvarez to pastor, Epiphany, South Miami.
  • Father Manuel Alvarez to pastor, Little Flower, Coral Gables.
  • Father Juan Aviles to parochial vicar, San Isidro, Pompano Beach.
  • Father Javier Barreto to administrator, Little Flower, Hollywood.
  • Father Miguel Angel Blanco to parochial vicar, St. John Bosco, Miami.
  • Father Rolando Cabrera to pastor, Immaculate Conception, Hialeah.
  • Father Fernando Carmona to parochial vicar, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Doral.
  • Father Michael Davis to pastor, St. Gregory the Great, Plantation.
  • Father Salvador Diaz-Guerra to parochial vicar, St. John XXlll, Miramar. 
  • Father Pedro Durango to parochial vicar, St. Cecilia, Hialeah.
  • Father Lesly Jean to chaplain, Jackson Memorial Hospital, with residence at St. Michael the Archangel, Miami.
  • Father Andy Lorenzo-Puga to chaplain, Catholic Hospice, with residence at Immaculate Conception, Hialeah.
  • Father Flavio Montes to administrator, Our Lady of the Lakes, Miami Lakes.
  • Father Sahayanathan Nathan to administrator, St. Gabriel, Pompano Beach.
  • Father Tomasz Parzynski to parochial vicar, Mother of Christ, Miami.
  • Father Luis Pavon to parochial vicar, St. Thomas the Apostle, Miami.         
  • Father Juan Maria Perez, Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, to parochial vicar, St. Mark, Southwest Ranches.
  • Father Ivan Rodriguez to administrator, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Fort Lauderdale.
  • Father Jorge Rodriguez de la Viuda to pastor, St. Bernard, Sunrise.
  • Father Alfredo Rolon to administrator, St. Malachy, Tamarac.
  • Father Juan Carlos Salazar to parochial vicar, St. Katharine Drexel, Weston.
  • Father Raphael Sarkodie to parochial vicar, St. Thomas the Apostle, Miami.
  • Father Armando Tolosa to administrator, St. Catherine of Siena, Miami.
  • Father Antonio Tupiza to parochial vicar, St. Rose of Lima, Miami Shores, and one day a week at Tribunal
  • Father Aldony Varela to administrator, St. Mary Magdalen, Sunny Isles Beach.
  • Father Amaro Vazquez Ortiz to parochial vicar, St. John the Apostle, Hialeah.
  • Father Carlos Vega to pastor, St. Timothy, Miami.
  • Father Richard Vigoa to administrator, St. Augustine, Coral Gables.
  • Father Dariusz Zarebski, Salvatorians, to administrator, St. Ambrose, Deerfield Beach.
Some changes in effective dates have been added since this article was originally posted. More official appointments are yet to come.

Comments from readers

Alexander Kabano - 05/25/2019 09:08 AM
Con la Gracia de Dios, esperamos los feligreses que todos estos cambios resulten para bien, por supuesto para mayor gloria de Dios y para el bienestar de nuestros sacerdotes. Sin embargo creo que, es necesario revisar la actitud de algunos pastores y adminstradores parroquiales, que tratana sus vicarios como esclavos. Quisiera que alguien me explicara porque los pastores o administradores, viajan tanto, se ausentan tanto de la parroquia, no hacen guardia, no confiesan, mientras los vicarios lo tienen que hacer casi todo? Espero este comentario sea publicado, y que sea leido por el arzobispo y tambien por los sacerdotes. Gracia y que Dios nos Bendiga a todos
Omar A. Diaz - 05/23/2019 02:20 PM
Yo se que muchos de estos cambios no solo afectan a los feligreses sino tambien a los Sacerdotes.Pero el Espiritud Santo es el que Mueve.Por ejemplo se de;el Padre Tupiza y del Padre Natan,los queremos,son pastores y se que Dios en su Amor bendice a ellos y a los feligreses,cuando amamos los unos a los otros Dios nos guia y debemos aceptar el mandato de los superiors pues ellos saben lo que hacen y es para eel bien de todos.Uds sacerdotes donde los pongan hagan su labor pastoral y guien al rebaño por las sendas del SEñOR. Amen.
Lilly - 05/16/2019 01:30 PM
I will miss Father Armando Tolosa from Mother Of Christ. He is a humble and saintly priest. It's sad that he was here for just one year but he made a big difference in all the parishioners' lives. I wish him the best in his new assignment. God bless him.