PERMANENT WITHDRAWAL FROM MINISTRY Reverend Eddy E. Lopez has voluntarily and permanently withdrawn from the active ministry of the Priesthood, effective January 6, 2020. As a result, his faculties to minister as a priest have been revoked; he is no longer permitted to function as a priest, wear clerical attire, or to present himself as a cleric in any manner.
ASSISTANT PASTOR Reverend John Kodet, FSSP, to Assistant Pastor, St. Mary Parish, Providence, effective January 21, 2020.
SPECIAL APOSTOLATE Reverend Jose Parathanal, CMI, a member of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate, has been appointed as a Judge in the Diocesan Tribunal, with residence at St. Thomas More Parish, Narragansett, effective January 2, 2020.