The Diocese of Columbus announced the following clergy changes that are effective on the dates noted below:
Confirming the nomination from the Prior Provincial, Father Daniel A. Bowen, O. de. M., from service outside the Diocese, to in residence, Holy Family Church, Columbus, effective September 2, 2022.
Reverend Kenneth Brighenti, from the Diocese of Metuchen, to priest faculty, Pontifical College Josephinum, effective September 22, 2022.
Confirming the nomination from the Prior Provincial, Reverend Leonardo Cuautle, MSP, from Associate Administrator, St. Stephen the Martyr Church, Columbus, to service outside the Diocese, effective October 1, 2022.
Reverend Eugene Joseph, from Parochial Vicar, St. Joan of Arc Church, Powell, to Parochial Vicar, St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus, effective September 20, 2022.
Confirming the assignment of Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, Bishop of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, Reverend Jacques Kik, from service outside the Diocese, to pastoral ministry to the Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Mission in Columbus and residence and part-time Parochial Vicar, St. Joan of Arc Church, Powell, September 20, 2022.
Confirming the appointment of the Superior Delegate of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines), Reverend Andrzej Koźmiński, S.A.C., from Parochial Vicar, St. Christopher Church, Columbus, to Administrator, Sacred Heart Church, Columbus, effective October 1, 2022 and St. John the Baptist Church, Columbus, effective November 1, 2022.
Confirming the appointment of the Superior Delegate of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines), Reverend Kamil Kudełko, S.A.C., from service outside the diocese, to Parochial Vicar, St. Christopher Church, Columbus, effective October 1, 2022.
Confirming the appointment of the Superior Delegate of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines), Reverend Slawomir Siok, S.A.C., from service outside the diocese, to Administrator, St. Mary Magdalene and St. Aloysius Churches, Columbus, effective October 17, 2022.
Reverend Patrick Toner, from Pastor, St. Mary Magdalene and St. Aloysius Churches, to retirement, effective October 17, 2022.
Confirming the nomination from the Provincial of the Theatine Fathers, Reverend Victor Mendez Cano, CR, Reverend David Arroyo Alonso, CR, and Reverend Salvador Cisneros Carrillo, CR from service outside the diocese, to Parochial Vicars, Christ the King and St. Thomas the Apostle Churches, Columbus, effective July 26, 2022.
Confirming the nomination from the Prior Provincial, Eduardo Velazquez Alvarado, M.S.P., from Pastor, St. Stephen the Martyr Church, Columbus, to Pastor for Saint Agnes Church, effective October 1, 2022.
Confirming the nomination from the Prior Provincial, Reverend Efrain Villalobos Cuellar, M.S.P., from Parochial Vicar, St. Stephen the Martyr Church, to Pastor of St. Stephen the Martyr Church, Columbus, effective October 1, 2022.