VATICAN CITY, APR 23, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Camilo Fernando Castrellon Pizano, S.D.B., provincial inspector of the Salesians in Colombia, as bishop of Tibu (area 7,825, population 199,000, Catholics 195,000, priests 17, permanent deacons 1, religious 35), Colombia. The bishop-elect was born in Santafe de Bogota, Colombia, in 1942, and ordained to the priesthood in 1972.
On Saturday, April 21, it was made public that the Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Antonieto D. Cabajog, auxiliary of Cebu, the Philippines, as bishop of Surigao (area 3,739, population 524,920, Catholics 421,480, priests 69, religious 72), the Philippines. He succeeds Bishop Miguel C. Cinches, S.V.D., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted in conformity with canon 401, para. 2, of the Code of Canon Law.
- Appointed Bishop John F. Du, auxiliary of Cebu, the Philippines, as bishop of Dumaguete (area 4,955, population 924,944, Catholics 809,326, priests 91, religious 140), the Philippines.
- Appointed Msgr. Guillermo V. Afable, vicar general of the archdiocese of Davao (area 2,616, population 1,123,280, Catholics 995,250, priests 105, religious 334), the Philippines, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese. The bishop-elect was born in Davao City, the Philippines, in 1951, and ordained to the priesthood in 1976.
- Appointed Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, secretary for Relations with States, as special envoy to the celebrations of the 10th Anniversary of the Reorganization of the Catholic Church of the Latin Rite in the Russian Federation, which will take place from May 25 to 27th.
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