Transfers of clergy in Goa and Mumbai follow a well-charted route. While the transfers in Goa are published in newspapers, in Mumbai they are published in The Examiner -- the official weekly of the Archdiocese.
A feedback system should be in place which would help the higher ups in taking decisions such as putting the right person in the right place and promoting of clergy to higher posts.
I think a start could be made by asking clergymen to fill self-assessment forms in which among other questions they may be asked the kind of work they would like to do.
Peer reports too would help. Priests may assess the performance of their fellow priests, including the parish priest. The laity too should be involved. For a start, parish pastoral council members may be allowed to fill assessment forms of the clergy.
Needless to say, all these forms should be submitted to the parish priest in sealed envelopes, which may then be forwarded by him to the Bishop's office.
These reports will help the higher ups to assess the performance of individual priests.
