VATICAN CITY, JAN 10, 2004 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Archbishop Diego Causero, apostolic nuncio in Syria, as apostolic nuncio in the Czech Republic.
- Appointed Chorbishop Gregory John Mansour as bishop of the eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn of the Maronites (Catholics 30,000, priests 55, religious 16, permanent deacons 12), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in 1955 in Flint, U.S.A., was ordained a priest in 1982 and up to now has been vicar general of the eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, U.S.A. He succeeds Bishop Hector Stephen Y. Doueihi whose resignation to the pastoral care of the eparchy of Brooklyn the Pope accepted in conformity with Canon 210, para 2 of the Code of Canons of the Oriental Churches.
- Erected the diocese of Timika, Indonesia, with territory taken from the diocese of Jayapura, making it suffragen of the metropolitan see of Merauke.
- Appointed Fr. John Philip Saklil, of the clergy of Jayapura and episcopal vicar of the same diocese, as the first bishop of Timika (area 81,810, population 518,884, Catholics 72,072, priests 21, religious 27), Indonesia. The bishop-elect was born in 1960 in Kokonao, Indonesia and was ordained a priest in 1988.
- Appointed Bishop Gennaro Pascarella of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy as coadjutor of Pozzuoli (area 105, population 508,500, Catholics 499,500, priests 139, religious 218, permanent deacons 19), Italy.
- Appointed Bishop Raymond Roussin, S.M. of Victoria, Canada, as archbishop metropolitan of Vancouver (area 119,430, population 2,032,024, Catholics 376.511, priests 185, religious 234, permanent deacons 1), Canada. Archbishop-elect Roussin was born in 1939 in Saint-Vital, Canada, was ordained a priest in 1970 and a bishop in 1995. He succeeds Archbishop Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I., whose resignation to the pastoral care of the archdiocese the Pope accepted upon having reached the age limit.
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