Pastoral appointments

Also See: Service and Justice Co-ordinator named

Archbishop Raymond Roussin, SM, has announced the following pastoral appointments, effective July 12 unless otherwise noted. More appointments are still to be announced.
 

Pastors
Father Ken Forster, OMI,* to Sacred Heart /
St. Paul’s (Vancouver) (Sep. 1).
Father Mark Schwab to St. Theresa’s.
Rev. Msgr. Gregory Smith to Christ the Redeemer (Aug. 4).
 

Assistant Pastors
Father Jacinto Almeida, SFX,* to St. Paul’s (Richmond).
Father Alan Boisclair to Church of the Assumption (Powell River).
Father Francois Dyjak, OMI,* to St. Casimir’s (Aug. 1).
Father Varghese George Edattukaran to
St. Francis of Assisi.
Father Joseph Thoai Le to Holy Rosary
Cathedral.
Father Luis Moreno to Holy Rosary Cathedral.
Father Anicet Pinto to All Saints.
Father John Pinto, OCD,* to St. John the Apostle.
Father Ying (Dominic) Qin, CSJB,* to St. Francis Xavier.
Father Salvador Reyes to St. Joseph’s (Langley).

Chaplains
Father Vincent Nguyen, CSJB,* to Mt. St. Joseph Hospital and Brock Fahrni
and Langara Pavilions.
 

Special appointments
Father Bruce McAllister as chancellor of
the archdiocese.
Retiring / leaving the archdiocese
Father Maynard Boomars, OMI, on sick leave (Jun. 19).
Father Francis Chang, retiring.
Father Marek Czyzycki, OMI, leaving (Aug. 1).
Father Larry MacLennan, OMI, retiring and leaving (Aug.)
Father Terry McNamara, OMI, on sabbatical (Aug. 1).
Father Allan Noonan, OMI, retiring (Jun. 5).
Father Otto Rollheiser, OMI, on sabbatical (Sep. 1).
Father Joe Rossiter, OMI, retiring (Aug.)
Father Joseph Swoboda, leaving (Jun. 2).
* Upon presentation by their religious superiors.