Tuesday, October 12, 2004

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, OCT 12, 2004 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Jose Carmelo Martinez Lazara, O.A.R., bishop-prelate of Chota, Peru as bishop of Cajamarca (area 15,333, population 805,225, Catholics 761,421, priests 57, permanent deacons 1, religious 168), Peru.

- Fr. Ricardo Garcia Garcia, director of the Center of the Society of the Holy Cross for Abancay, Cuzco and Arequipa, Peru as bishop-prelate of Yauyos (area 15,516, population 330,707, Catholics 291,000, priests 41, religious 54), Peru. Bishop-elect Garcia was born in 1955 in Lima, Peru, and was ordained a priest in 1983.

- Msgr. Javier Augusto Del Rio Alba, vicar general of the diocese of Callao, Peru and rector of the major diocesan seminary as auxiliary for the same diocese (area 73,820, population 900,000, Catholics 830,000, priests 99, permanent deacons 12, religious 163) in Peru. The bishop-elect was born in Lima, Peru in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1992.
NER:NEA/.../MARTINEZ:GARCIA:DEL RIO ALBA        VIS 20041012 (160)

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