Allentown Diocese Bishop John Barres has announced new and/or additional assignments of priests in the diocese, effective Tuesday, June 11.

They are:Rev. Scott R. Ardinger, from administrator, Incarnation of Our Lord Church, Bethlehem, to pastor, Incarnation of Our Lord Church, Bethlehem, and Holy Ghost Church, Bethlehem, and chaplain, Lehigh University, Bethlehem.Rev. J. Michael Beers - from Sacramental Ministry, Sacred Heart Church, Palmerton, to retirement with residence in Martinsburg, W. Va.Rev. Kevin J. Bobbin - from Parochial Vicar, Saint Ambrose Church, Schuylkill Haven, to Parochial Vicar, Saint Ignatius Loyola Church, Sinking Spring.Rev. Thomas P. Bortz - from chaplain, Berks Catholic High School, Reading; chaplain, Most Precious Blood Convent, and resident, Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Shillington, to pastor, Saint Ignatius Loyola Church, Sinking Spring.Rev. Bernard J. Ezaki - from Director of Spiritual Activities, Bethlehem Catholic High School, and resident, Notre Dame of Bethlehem Church, Bethlehem, to Parochial Vicar, Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena, Allentown.Rev, Joseph S. Ganser - newly-ordained to Parochial Vicar, Holy Infancy Church, Bethlehem.Rev. Kevin M. Gualano - from Parochial Vicar, Saint Joseph the Worker Church, Orefield, to Director of Spiritual Activities, Bethlehem Catholic High School, and resident, Saint Anne Church, Bethlehem.Rev. Richard W. James - from Parochial Vicar, Saint Ignatius Loyola Church, Sinking Spring, to Parochial Vicar, Saint Thomas More Church, Allentown.Rev. Wayne E. Killian - from pastor, Holy Ghost Church, Bethlehem; chaplain, Lehigh University, and chaplain, Moravian College, Bethlehem, to senior priest, Sacred Heart Church, West Reading.Rev. Patrick H. Lamb - from Parochial Vicar, Notre Dame of Bethlehem Church, Bethlehem, to Parochial Vicar, Saint Catharine of Siena Church, Mount Penn.Rev. Brian M. Miller - from Parochial Vicar, Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena, Allentown, to Parochial Vicar, Saint Patrick Church, Pottsville.Rev. Eugene P. Ritz - from Parochial Vicar, Saint Catharine of Siena Church, Mount Penn, to chaplain, Berks Catholic High School, Reading, and resident, Saint John Baptist de la Salle Church, Shillington.Rev. Msgr. Joseph R. Sobiesiak - from Parochial Vicar, Holy Infancy Church, Bethlehem, to senior priest, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Church, Whitehall.Rev. Jason F. Stokes - from Parochial Vicar, Saint Patrick Church, Pottsville, to Parochial Vicar, Notre Dame of Bethlehem Church, Bethlehem.Rev. Eric N. Tolentino - from Parochial Vicar, Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena, Allentown, to Pastoral Ministry, Allentown Hospitals and Nursing Homes, and resident, Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena, Allentown.Rev. Msgr. James A. Treston - from pastor, Saint Ignatius Loyola Church, Sinking Spring, to pastor emeritus, Saint Ignatius Loyola Church, Sinking Spring, with residence at Saint Catharine of Siena Church, Mount Penn.