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Catholic San Francisco
Father Andrew Spyrow, vicar for clergy, announced clergy assignments Feb. 6, 2021 on behalf of Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone..
Feb. 7, 2021Special assignments:
Father Mark D. Doherty, interim rector, St. Patrick’s Seminary & University, effective Oct. 1, 2020; Father Patrick J. Summerhays, vicar general and moderator of the curia, effective Jan. 1, 2021 (note that Father Stephen H. Howell also continues as vicar general)
Parochial vicar:
Father Linh T. Nguyen, St. Bartholomew Parish, effective March 1, 2021
Retiring July 1, 2021 unless otherwise indicated:
Father Joseph P. Bradley, effective April 1, 2021; Father Daniel E. Carter, Father Michael J. Healy, Father J. Manuel Estrada, Father Jonathan Paala
Residence changes:
Msgr. James P. McKay, Alma Via of San Rafael effective Dec. 11, 2020; Father Aquino Padilla, Philippines, effective Dec. 15, 2020; Father Paul E. Perry, Alma Via of San Rafael, effective Dec.15, 2020; Father Edward Phelan, Atria Burlingame; Father Wilton S. Smith, Golden Home, effective Nov. 16, 2020
In hospice care:
Msgr. J. Warren Holleran, Serra Clergy House
Granted leave:
Father Ernesto M. Jandonero, leave of absence, effective Feb. 1, 2021; Father Jose Shaji, release from assignment, effective March 1, 2021
Religious orders:
Father Dominic DeLay, OP, in residence, St. Raymond Parish, assigned in Diocese of San Jose as associate director of the Catholic Community at Stanford University, effective Sept. 24, 2020; Father Ryan C. (“Justin”) Gable, OP, St. Dominic Priory, San Francisco, assigned as Regent of Studies of the Western Dominican Provincial and assistant professor of philosophy at DSPT, Berkeley, effective July 1, 2020; Father Anthaiah Madanu, SVD, in residence, All Souls Parish, effective Oct. 3, 2020; Father James J. Moore, OP, in residence, St. Dominic Priory, with provincial assignment, effective June 24, 2020; Father Emmerich Vogt, OP, in residence, St. Dominic Priory, San Francisco, effective Jan. 25, 2021; Father Philip Yang, OSA, Augustinian Community of St. Rita, Cole Street, San Francisco, effective July 1, 2020
Remaining outside of the U.S. at this time due to COVID restrictions:
Unable to travel to the archdiocese to take up their assignments due to immigration complications:
Father Christian N. Anyanwu (Nigeria); Father Stephen Idoko (Nigeria)
Unable to return to the archdiocese due to immigration complications:
Father Fredereck S. del Carmen, FFI (The Philippines); Father Gabriel Flores (México); Father Ephrem R. Tillya (Tanzania)
Departures from the archdiocese:
Father Peterson O. Tieng, LRMS, returned as planned to the Philippines, Jan. 31, 2021; Father Jeong Gon Kim, returned to the Diocese of Suwon, South Korea, effective Nov. 22, 2020; Father Tadeusz Rusnak SCh, assigned elsewhere by Society of Christ, effective Sept. 30, 2020