OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 13, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid S.D.B., missionary in Angola, as apostolic vicar of Chaco Paraguayo (area 96,030, population 18,200, priests 5, religious 9), Paraguay. The bishop-elect was born in Villarrica del Espiritu Santo, Paraguay in 1944 and ordained a priest in 1971.

  On Saturday, February 13, it was made public that he:

 - Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the diocese of Lomza, Poland, presented by Bishop Tadeusz Jozef Zawistowski, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Msgr. Tadeusz Bronakowski of the clergy of the diocese of Lomza, Poland, teacher of canon law at the major seminary and vice-chancellor of the diocesan curia, as auxiliary of the same diocese (area 11,500, population 573,647, Catholics 567,035, priests 476, religious 213). The bishop-elect was born in Augustow, Poland in 1959 and ordained a priest in 1984.

- Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the archdiocese of Montreal, Canada, presented by Bishop Jude Saint-Antoine, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Fr. Lionel Gendrom P.S.S., provincial superior for Canada of the Suplician Fathers, and Fr. Andre Gazaille of the clergy of the archdiocese of Montreal, Canada pastor of the parishes of 'Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens,' 'Visitation de la Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie,' and 'Saint-Antoine-Marie-Claret,' as auxiliaries of the archdiocese of Montreal (area 1,399, population 2,340,928, Catholics 1,590,150, priests 1,283, permanent deacons 103, religious 5,881). Bishop-elect Gendrom was born in Saint-Quintin, Canada in 1944 and ordained a priest in 1969. Bishop-elect Gazaille was born in Montreal in 1946 and ordained a priest in 1971.

- Appointed Fr. Peter Joseph Hundt of the clergy of the diocese of Hamilton, Canada, pastor of the parish of the Holy Cross in Georgetown, Ontario, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Toronto (area 13,000, population 5,043,085, Catholics 1,363,657, priests 811, permanent deacons 96, religious 1,178), Canada. The bishop-elect was born in Hanover, Canada in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1982.

- Appointed Fr. Aloisio Jorge Pena Vitral of the clergy of the archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, pastor of the parish of 'Nossa Senhora das Dores,' and Fr. Joaquim Giovanni Mol Guimaraes of the clergy of the archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, pastor of the parish of 'Santa Maria Mae de Deus' and vice-rector of the Pontifical Catholic University in Minas Gerais, as auxiliaries of the archdiocese of Belo Horizonte (area 7,240, population 4,216,719, Catholics 3,162,539, priests 572, religious 2,252). Bishop-elect Pena Vidral was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1955 and ordained a priest in 1986. Bishop-elect Mol Guimaraes was born in Ponte Nova, Brazil in 1960 and ordained a priest in 1988.
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