Bishop Anthony B. Taylor announces the following clergy appointments.
Effective June 17, 2009:
Rev. Gregory T. Luyet, JCL, relieved of pastorate at St. Michael Church, West Memphis, Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Crawfordsville, and St. Mary of the Lake, Horseshoe Lake, and appointed pastor of Immaculate Conception Church, Fort Smith, and St. Leo Church, Hartford, while retaining Tribunal responsibilities
Rev. Les Farley, relieved of pastorate at St. Jude the Apostle Church, Jacksonville, and appointed Pastor of St. Michael Church, West Memphis, and Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Crawfordsville
Rev. Athanasius Okeiyi, appointed pastor of St. Mary of the Lake Church, Horseshoe Lake, while retaining pastorate at St. John the Baptist Church, Brinkley, and St. Francis of Assisi Church, Forrest City
Rev. W. Andrew Smith, relieved of pastorate at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Church, Bella Vista, and St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish, Fayetteville, and appointed pastor of St. Jude the Apostle Church, Jacksonville
Rev. Msgr. James E. Mancini, relieved of pastorate at St. Joseph Church, Tontitown, and appointed pastor of St. Bernard of Clairvaux Church, Bella Vista
Rev. Joseph Marconi, relieved of pastorate at St. Mary Church, Helena, and St. Andrew Church, Marianna, and appointed pastor of St. Joseph Church, Tontitown, and St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish, Fayetteville
Rev. Charles Kanu, relieved as associate pastor of St. Peter the Fisherman Church, Mountain Home, and St. Mary Church, Mountain View, and appointed Administrator of St. Mary Church, Helena, and St. Andrew Church, Marianna
Rev. Salvador Márquez-Muñoz, relieved of pastorate at St. Edward Church, Little Rock, and appointed pastor of St. Mary Church, Siloam Springs
Rev. Jason Tyler, relieved as administrator of St. Mary Church, Siloam Springs, and appointed pastor of St. Edward Church, Little Rock
Rev. Emmanuel Orgu, appointed administrator of St. John the Baptist Church, Huntsville, and associate pastor of St. Joseph Church, Tontitown and St. Mary Church, Siloam Springs, with residence at St. Joseph Church, Tontitown, while remaining associate pastor of St. Raphael Church, Springdale
Rev. Stanislas Swiderski, relieved of pastorate of St. Mary Church, Batesville, and St. Cecilia Church, Newport, and appointed associate pastor of St. Peter the Fisherman Church, Mountain Home, and St. Mary Church, Mountain View
Rev. Paul Worm, relieved as associate pastor of St. Anthony Church, Weiner, St. Norbert Church, Marked Tree, Blessed Sacrament Church, Jonesboro, and Sacred Heart Church, Walnut Ridge, and appointed pastor of St. Mary Church, Batesville, and St. Cecilia Church, Newport, with prison ministry in Newport
Rev. Michael Sinkler, relieved of pastorate at St. Stephen Church, Bentonville, and responsibilities as sacramental minister at Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas, Rogers, and appointed pastor of St. Mary Church, Paragould, and Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Walnut Ridge, and Sacramental Minister at St. Bernard Hospital, Jonesboro
Rev. Romanus Otuonye, relieved as associate pastor of the Churches of St. Augustine, St. Mary, and St. Patrick, North Little Rock and appointed administrator of St. Anthony Church, Weiner, and St. Norbert Church, Marked Tree, and associate pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church and Blessed John Newman University Parish, Jonesboro, and to prison ministry in Newport, with residence in Weiner
Rev. Msgr. Scott L. Marczuk, JCL, relieved as rector of the Cathedral of St. Andrew, Little Rock, and responsibilities as dean of the Central Deanery, and appointed pastor of St. Stephen Church, Bentonville
Rev. Matthew Garrison, relieved of pastorate at St. Mary Church, Paragould, St. Joseph Church, Corning, and chaplaincy at Blessed John Newman University Parish, Jonesboro, and appointed rector of the Cathedral of St. Andrew, Little Rock, and assistant chaplain at the University of Central Arkansas, Conway, and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Very Rev. Mark Wood, VF, pastor of Blessed John Newman University Parish, Jonesboro, while retaining pastorate at Blessed Sacrament Church, Jonesboro
Rev. John E. Marconi, appointed pastor of St. Joseph Church, Corning, while retaining pastorate of St. Paul the Apostle Church, Pocahontas, and St. John the Baptist Church, Engelberg
Rev. Pius Iwu, relieved of pastorate of St. Louis Church, Camden, and Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Magnolia, and appointed to cover parishes for priests away studying Spanish
Rev. Thomas J. Hart, relieved as associate pastor of the Churches of St. John and St. Mary of the Springs, Hot Springs, and appointed pastor of St. Louis Church, Camden, and Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Magnolia
Rev. Innocent Imo Okore, relieved of pastorate at Holy Cross Church, Crossett, and St. Mary Church, McGehee and appointed associate pastor of the Churches of St. John the Baptist and St. Mary of the Springs, Hot Springs
Rev. Chuma Ibebuike, relieved as associate pastor of Immaculate Conception Church, North Little Rock, and appointed administrator of Holy Cross Church, Crossett, and St. Mary Church, McGehee
Rev. Shaun Wesley, relieved as administrator of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, Eureka Springs, and St. Anne Church, Berryville, and appointed pastor of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Eureka Springs, and St. Anne, Berryville
Rev. Thomas Arackal, IMS, relieved of appointment as sacramental administrator of Immaculate Conception Church, Fort Smith, and St. Leo Church, Hartford and appointed to cover parishes for priests away studying Spanish
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