VATICAN CITY, FEB 7, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Jose Alberto Moura C.S.S., of Uberlandia, Brazil, as metropolitan archbishop of Montes Claros (area 45,520, population 732,679, Catholics 549,509, priests 62, permanent deacons 9, religious 122), Brazil. The archbishop-elect was born in Ituiutaba, Brazil in 1943, he was ordained a priest in 1971, and consecrated a bishop in 1990. He succeeds Archbishop Geraldo Majela de Castro O. Praem., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Chacko Aerath O.I.C., master of novices for the province of Navajyothy of the Order of the Imitation of Christ, as apostolic visitor for Syro-Malankar faithful living outside their "territorium proprium," elevating him at the same time to the dignity of bishop. The bishop elect was born in Karikulam Kerala, India in 1960, and ordained a priest in 1986.
NER:RE:NA/.../MOURA:MAJELA:AERATH VIS 20070207 (160)
- Appointed Bishop Jose Alberto Moura C.S.S., of Uberlandia, Brazil, as metropolitan archbishop of Montes Claros (area 45,520, population 732,679, Catholics 549,509, priests 62, permanent deacons 9, religious 122), Brazil. The archbishop-elect was born in Ituiutaba, Brazil in 1943, he was ordained a priest in 1971, and consecrated a bishop in 1990. He succeeds Archbishop Geraldo Majela de Castro O. Praem., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Chacko Aerath O.I.C., master of novices for the province of Navajyothy of the Order of the Imitation of Christ, as apostolic visitor for Syro-Malankar faithful living outside their "territorium proprium," elevating him at the same time to the dignity of bishop. The bishop elect was born in Karikulam Kerala, India in 1960, and ordained a priest in 1986.
NER:RE:NA/.../MOURA:MAJELA:AERATH VIS 20070207 (160)
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