VATICAN CITY, JUN 14, 2004 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Msgr. Pierre Burcher, as auxiliary bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (area 5,557, population 1,346,000, Catholics 677,696, priests 628, permanent deacons 15, religious 1,542), Switzerland.
On Saturday June 12, it was made public that the Holy Father:
- Appointed Fr. Jose Trinidad Zapata Ortiz, rector of Christ the King Seminary in Texcoco, Mexico, as bishop of San Andres Tuxtla (area 13,495, population 968,266, Catholics 920,138, priests 86, permanent deacons 83, religious 103), Mexico. The bishop-elect was born in Fresnillo, Mexico in 1959 and was ordained a priest in 1990. He succeeds Bishop Guillermo Ranzahuer Gonzalez whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese was accepted upon reaching the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Joachim Kouraleyo Tarounga, rector of the Major Seminary in N'Djamena, Chad, as bishop of Moundou (area 8,692, population 531,793, Catholics 180,000, priests 25, religious 65), Chad. The bishop-elect was born in 1958 in Donia, Chad and was ordained a priest in 1989.
- Appointed Fr. Joseph Nguyen Chi Linh, professor at the Major Seminary in Nha Trang, Vietnam, as bishop of Thanh Hoa (area 11,168, population 3,467,000, Catholics 125,674, priests 40, religious 148), Vietnam. The bishop-elect was born in 1949 in Ba Lang, Vietnam and was ordained a priest in 1992.
- Appointed Fr. Gabriel Penate Rodriguez, of the clergy of Jalapa, Guatemala, as bishop of the apostolic vicariate of Izabal (area 9,034, population 375,000, Catholics 250,000, priests 16, religious 55), Guatemala. The bishop-elect was born in 1957 in Esmeralda, Guatemala and was ordained a priest in 1984. He succeeds Bishop Luis Maria Estrada Paetau, O.P. whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese was accepted in accordance with Canon 401, para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
- Appointed Fr. Vincenzo Bertolone, Missionary Servant of the Poor and study assistant of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, as under-secretary of the same dicastery.
- Appointed Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, of the Mother of God in Moscow, Russia, as a member of the Congregation for Clergy and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
- Fr. Prosper Grech, O.S.A., as a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.
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On Saturday June 12, it was made public that the Holy Father:
- Appointed Fr. Jose Trinidad Zapata Ortiz, rector of Christ the King Seminary in Texcoco, Mexico, as bishop of San Andres Tuxtla (area 13,495, population 968,266, Catholics 920,138, priests 86, permanent deacons 83, religious 103), Mexico. The bishop-elect was born in Fresnillo, Mexico in 1959 and was ordained a priest in 1990. He succeeds Bishop Guillermo Ranzahuer Gonzalez whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese was accepted upon reaching the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Joachim Kouraleyo Tarounga, rector of the Major Seminary in N'Djamena, Chad, as bishop of Moundou (area 8,692, population 531,793, Catholics 180,000, priests 25, religious 65), Chad. The bishop-elect was born in 1958 in Donia, Chad and was ordained a priest in 1989.
- Appointed Fr. Joseph Nguyen Chi Linh, professor at the Major Seminary in Nha Trang, Vietnam, as bishop of Thanh Hoa (area 11,168, population 3,467,000, Catholics 125,674, priests 40, religious 148), Vietnam. The bishop-elect was born in 1949 in Ba Lang, Vietnam and was ordained a priest in 1992.
- Appointed Fr. Gabriel Penate Rodriguez, of the clergy of Jalapa, Guatemala, as bishop of the apostolic vicariate of Izabal (area 9,034, population 375,000, Catholics 250,000, priests 16, religious 55), Guatemala. The bishop-elect was born in 1957 in Esmeralda, Guatemala and was ordained a priest in 1984. He succeeds Bishop Luis Maria Estrada Paetau, O.P. whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese was accepted in accordance with Canon 401, para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
- Appointed Fr. Vincenzo Bertolone, Missionary Servant of the Poor and study assistant of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, as under-secretary of the same dicastery.
- Appointed Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, of the Mother of God in Moscow, Russia, as a member of the Congregation for Clergy and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
- Fr. Prosper Grech, O.S.A., as a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.
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