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Clergy Appointments

Posted on June 20, 2021 in: News

Clergy Appointments

The Most Reverend Michael R. Cote, D. D., Bishop of Norwich, has made the following clergy and diocesan appointments in the Diocese of Norwich

CLERGY APPOINTMENTS

Very Rev. Grzegorz Brozonowicz, Dean, Old Saybrook Deanery.

Effective: June 21, 2021

Very Reverend Brian Converse, from Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes, Gales Ferry, to Pastor, Sacred Heart, Groton, St. Mary, Mother of the Redeemer, Groton, while continuing as Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes, Gales Ferry.

Effective: June 21, 2021

Reverend Dariusz K. Dudzik, from Pastor, Sacred Heart, Groton, St. Mary, Mother of the Redeemer, Groton, to Pastor, St. Bridget of Kildare Parish, Moodus, and Saint Patrick Parish, East Hampton.

Effective: June 21, 2021

Reverend Gregory P. Galvin, from Pastor, St. Bridget of Kildare Parish, Moodus and St. Patrick Parish, East Hampton, to Pastor, St. Philip Parish, Warrenville.

Effective: June 21, 2021

Reverend Grzegorz P. Jednaki, from Pastor, St. Philip Parish, Warrenville, to Pastor, Saint Andre Bessette Parish, Plainfield.

Effective: June 21, 2021

Reverend Brian Maxwell, from Parochial Vicar, St. Sebastian Parish, Middletown, and St. John Parish, Middletown, to Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Gales Ferry, Sacred Heart Parish, Groton, and St. Mary, Mother of the Redeemer Parish, Groton.

Effective: June 21, 2021

Reverend Tadeusz Zadorozny, from Pastor, Saint Andre Bessette Parish, Plainfield, to Pastor, Saint Joseph Parish, Rockville.

Effective: June 21, 2021

Reverend Peter J. Langevin, Chancellor
June 18, 2021

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