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BISHOP SCHARFENBERGER ANNOUNCES NEW PASTORAL ASSIGNMENTS

June 16, 2025


Bishop Scharfenberger is pleased to announce the following pastoral assignments, EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025:

Fr. Cajetan Anyanwu
Administrator
St. Mary's Parish, Waterford

Fr. Tom Babiuch
Chaplain
St. Peter's Hospital

Fr. Russell Bergman
Pastor
Immaculate Conception Parish, Glenville & Our Lady of Grace Parish, Ballston Lake

Fr. Kyle Eads
Chaplain
United States Air Force

Fr. Adam Feisthamel
Parochial Vicar
St. Adalbert's Parish, St. Paul the Apostle Parish, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Schenectady

Fr. Daniel McHale
Pastor
St. Edward the Confessor Parish, Clifton Park & St. Mary's Parish, Crescent

Fr. Joseph O'Brien
Priest in Residence
St. Michael the Archangel, Troy & St. Jude the Apostle Parish, Wynantskill

Fr. James O'Rourke
Parochial Vicar
St. Edward the Confessor Parish, Clifton Park & St. Mary's Parish, Crescent

Fr. Pat Rice
Parochial Vicar
Hudson Valley Vicariate West Parish Network which includes: St. Theresa, Windham; Sacred Heart/ Our Lady of Knock Shrine, Cairo and East Durham; Sacred Heart/ Immaculate Conception, Palenville and Haines Falls; St. Patrick's, Athens; St. Patrick's, Catskill; St. Patrick's, Ravena; St. Mary's, Coxsackie; St. John the Baptist, Greenville.

Fr. Nathan Resila
Administrator
St. Mary's Church, Amsterdam; St. Stephen's Church, Hagaman; Sacred Heart Church, Tribes Hill; St. Cecilia's Church, Fonda

Fr. Justin Thomas
Administrator
St. John the Baptist Parish, Newport; St. Francis DeSales Parish, Herkimer; St. Anthony/St. Joseph Parish, Herkimer; Blessed Sacrament Parish, Mohawk

Fr. Emmanuel Udoh
Priest in Residence
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception; Historic St. Mary's Parish, St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Albany

Dcn. Andrew Haskins
Permanent Deacon
St. Mary's Parish, Ballston Spa