Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory recently announced local priest assignments and changes effective June 21, unless otherwise noted.

Fr. Karl Duggan, pastor of St. Peter the Rock Church, The Rock, has been assigned as pastor of St. Gabriel Church, Fayetteville.

Fr. Michael G. Kingery, pastor of St. Clement Church, Calhoun, has been assigned as pastor of Holy Trinity Church, Peachtree City.

Fr. James P. Adams, pastor of St. Gabriel Church, Fayetteville, has been assigned as chaplain at Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fairburn. For the sake of canonical status, he has been officially appointed as parochial vicar at Holy Trinity Church, Peachtree City and will reside there.

Fr. John Walsh, pastor of Holy Trinity Church, Peachtree City, has been granted a 10-month sabbatical beginning Aug. 1, 2007.

Fr. Alvaro D. Avendaño, who has been serving as a parochial vicar at Holy Trinity Church, Peachtree City, has been assigned as a parochial vicar at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Cumming. In addition, he will assist with Spanish Masses at St. Luke the Evangelist Church, Dahlonega.

Fr. Paul A. Burke, who has been serving as chaplain at Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fairburn, has been assigned as campus minister at Kennesaw State University Catholic Center, Kennesaw, and at Berry College Catholic Center, Rome. For the sake of canonical status, he has been officially appointed as parochial vicar at Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta. He will reside at Holy Spirit Church.

News of the assignments were published in The Georgia Bulletin, the newspaper of the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta.