VATICAN CITY, NOV 8, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Juan Manuel Mancilla Sanchez, auxiliary of Texcoco, Mexico, as bishop of Ciudad Obregon (area 88,350, population 999,600, Catholics 862,000, priests 129, permanent deacons 1, religious 193), Mexico. He succeeds Bishop Vicente Garcia Bernal, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Joseph Vo Duc Minh, pastor of the cathedral and vicar general of the diocese of Da Lat, Vietnam, as coadjutor of Nha Trang (area 9,486, population 1,564,400, Catholics 185,064, priests 144, religious 419), Vietnam. The bishop-elect was born in My Duc, Vietnam, in 1944 and ordained a priest in 1971.
- Appointed Cardinal Julian Herranz, president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, as a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
- Appointed John Haldane, professor at Saint Andrew's University, Scotland, as a member of the Pontifical Council for Culture.
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- Appointed Bishop Juan Manuel Mancilla Sanchez, auxiliary of Texcoco, Mexico, as bishop of Ciudad Obregon (area 88,350, population 999,600, Catholics 862,000, priests 129, permanent deacons 1, religious 193), Mexico. He succeeds Bishop Vicente Garcia Bernal, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Joseph Vo Duc Minh, pastor of the cathedral and vicar general of the diocese of Da Lat, Vietnam, as coadjutor of Nha Trang (area 9,486, population 1,564,400, Catholics 185,064, priests 144, religious 419), Vietnam. The bishop-elect was born in My Duc, Vietnam, in 1944 and ordained a priest in 1971.
- Appointed Cardinal Julian Herranz, president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, as a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
- Appointed John Haldane, professor at Saint Andrew's University, Scotland, as a member of the Pontifical Council for Culture.
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