Archbishop Announces Latest Clerical Appointments – CatholicPhilly

Archbishop Announces Latest Clerical Appointments

By CatholicPhilly Staff • Posted August 27, 2024

Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez announces the following appointments effective as noted:

PASTOR

Reverend Remigio Morales, S.C.V., from Parochial Administrator, Saint Agatha/Saint James Parish, Philadelphia, to Pastor, Saint Agatha/Saint James Parish, Philadelphia, effective Sept. 1, 2024.

PAROCHIAL VICAR

Reverend Francis Nyarko-Bamfo, to Parochial Vicar, Saint Philomena Parish, Lansdowne, effective Sept. 1, 2024.

RESIDENCE

Reverend Edward C. Kelly, Faculty and Chaplain, Monsignor Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast High School, Drexel Hill, to Saint George Parish, Glenolden, effective Aug. 12, 2024.

RETIREMENT

Deacon Joseph P McGonigal, Permanent Deacon, Saint Dorothy Parish, Drexel Hill, effective Aug. 22, 2024.

PERMANENT DEACON

Deacon M. Kevin Harrington, to Permanent Deacon, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Morton, while continuing at Saint John Neumann Parish, Bryn Mawr, as a secondary assignment, effective Aug. 5, 2024.

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