Clergy Appointments | October 2026

Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., has announced several new priest assignments and elections for the Archdiocese of Newark.

Monsignor Ronald J. Rozniak, V.G., Monsignor Renato Grasselli, and Father David C. Santos were elected to the Priest Personnel Policy Board for terms running from September 8, 2026, to August 31, 2029. They will serve in Groups I, III, and V, respectively.

Several priests have taken on new administrative and pastoral roles. Father Jae H. Joo began serving as administrator of the Church of the Korean Martyrs in Saddle Brook on October 1, 2026, while Father Jesús Mesias Ramos-Gutiérrez became administrator of Our Lady of Fatima in North Bergen on September 19, 2026.

New parochial vicars include Father Andrew Jung at the Church of the Madonna in Fort Lee, effective October 1, 2026, and Father José Helber Victoria at Our Lady of Grace and Saint Joseph in Hoboken, effective October 8, 2026. Additionally, Father Philip F. Latronico and Father Charles Pinyan were appointed chaplains for the Knights of Columbus in East Rutherford and Rutherford, respectively, on September 28, 2026.