Most Reverend Gregory Parkes, Bishop of Saint Petersburg, announces the following clergy changes, effective July 1, 2025, unless otherwise indicated:

RETIREMENT STATUS
Reverend Robert J. Schneider, from Pastor of St. Cecelia Parish, Clearwater, granted retirement status.

Reverend William J. Swengros, J.C.D., from Pastor of St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish, Tarpon Springs, granted retirement status.

Reverend Theodore Costello, from Parochial Vicar of St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Clearwater, granted retirement status.

Reverend Augustine Mailadiyil [Archdiocese of Imphal, India], from Parochial Vicar of Prince of Peace Parish, Sun City Center, granted retirement status.

RELIEVING

Reverend Edwin Palka, from Pastor of Epiphany of Our Lord Parish, Tampa, to Administrator pro tempore of Epiphany of Our Lord Shrine, Tampa, from July 1, 2025 to September 1, 2025. Future assignment to be determined.

APPOINTMENTS

Pastors
Reverend Anthony J. Astrab, from Parochial Vicar of St. Anne Parish, Ruskin to Pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Tampa.

Reverend David DeJulio, from Pastor of the St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Parish, Spring Hill to Pastor of Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Citrus Springs.

Reverend Felipe Gonzalez, from full-time studies in Canon Law at The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. to Pastor of Most Holy Name of Jesus Parish, Gulfport.

Monsignor Michael G. Muhr, from Pastor of St. Lawrence Parish, Tampa, to Pastor of St. Brendan Parish, Clearwater and Director of Ministry to Priests for the Diocese of Saint Petersburg.

Reverend Alexander T. Padilla, J.C.L., from Parochial Vicar of the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle, St. Petersburg and Sacramental and Pastoral Ministry at St. Joseph Parish, St. Petersburg to Pastor of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Parish, Spring Hill.

Reverend Sojan J. Punakkattu, from Pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Citrus Springs and Vicar Forane of the Citrus Deanery to Pastor of St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish, Tarpon Springs.

Reverend Timothy H. Sherwood, from Pastor of St. Brendan Parish, Clearwater, to Pastor of St. Luke the Evangelist Parish, Palm Harbor.

Reverend Kyle D. Smith, from Pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Tampa to Pastor of St. Cecelia Parish, Clearwater.

Reverend Louis G. Turcotte, from Parochial Vicar of Christ the King Parish, Tampa to Pastor of St. Clement Parish, Plant City.

Reverend Robert G. Romaine, from Parochial Administrator to Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Dade City.

Reverend Jonathan E. Stephanz, from Parochial Administrator to Pastor of St. Mary Parish, Tampa.

Parochial Vicars
Reverend Donald J. Amodeo, from Parochial Vicar of Nativity Parish, Brandon to Parochial Vicar of Christ the King Parish, Tampa.

Reverend Joshua A. Bertrand, S.T.L., from Parochial Vicar of St. John Vianney Parish, St. Pete Beach to Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Dunedin.

Reverend Zachary E. Brasseur, from Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Dunedin to Parochial Vicar of St. Lawrence Parish, Tampa.

Reverend George A. Gyasi [Archdiocese of Kumasi, Ghana], continuing as Parochial Vicar of Resurrection Parish, Riverview. Relieved from part-time assistance to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Tampa and appointed to part-time assistance to and residence in Nativity Parish, Brandon.

Reverend Francisco R. Hernandez [Diocese of Caguas, Puerto Rico], from Parochial Vicar of Most Holy Redeemer Parish, Tampa to Parochial Vicar of St. Paul Parish, Tampa.

Reverend Israel A. Hernandez, from Parochial Vicar of St. Paul Parish, Tampa to Parochial Vicar of Nativity Parish, Brandon.

Reverend Anthony Kakaire [Archdiocese of Kampala, Uganda], to Parochial Vicar of St. Cecelia Parish, Clearwater. Father Kakaire has spent the past year in the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) residency program at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater.

Reverend Dayan Machado, from Parochial Vicar of Corpus Christi Parish, Temple Terrace to Parochial Vicar of Incarnation Parish, Tampa.

Reverend Emmanuel I. Ofori [Archdiocese of Kumasi, Ghana], to Parochial Vicar of St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Clearwater.

Reverend Michael J. Owen [Archdiocese of Chicago], from Parochial Vicar of Nativity Parish, Brandon to Parochial Vicar of Most Holy Redeemer Parish, Tampa.

Reverend Vijaya B. Polamarasetty, from Parochial Vicar of Incarnation Parish, Tampa to Parochial Vicar of St. Clement Parish, Plant City.

Reverend Higinio R. Rosolen, S.S.L., from Faculty of St. Joseph Seminary College, Saint Benedict, Louisiana to Parochial Vicar of St. Anne Parish, Ruskin.

Reverend Pedro Zapata, from Pastor of St. Clement Parish, Plant City to Parochial Vicar of Corpus Christi Parish, Temple Terrace.

Reverend Evaristus C. Nnamene [Diocese of Nsukka, Nigeria], to Parochial Vicar of St. Paul Parish, Tampa, effective April 1, 2025.

Upon presentation by Very Reverend Jude Ortese, C.S.Sp., Provincial Superior of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans), Province of Nigeria North-East, Reverend Philip O. Ojibo, C.S.Sp., to Parochial Vicar of Nativity Parish, Brandon. Father Kakaire has spent the past year in the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) residency program at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater and previously worked as a CPE student at Tampa General Hospital.

Upon notification to Very Reverend Charles Lwanga Lyimo, A.L.C.P. Provincial Superior of the Apostolic Life Community of Priests, Province of Africa, Reverend Theobald Weria, A.L.C.P., from Parochial Vicar of St. Cecelia Parish, Clearwater to Parochial Vicar of Espiritu Santo Parish, Safety Harbor.

Upon presentation by Very Reverend John Thomas Lane, S.S.S., Provincial Superior of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, Province of Saint Ann, Reverend Joseph Thai Tran, S.S.S., to Parochial Vicar of St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Holiday, effective April 1, 2025. Father Tran previously served as Administrator of Holy Martyrs of Vietnam Mission, Largo (now Holy Martyrs of Vietnam Parish, St. Petersburg), from 2007 to 2016 and most recently served in parish ministry in the Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas.