VATICAN CITY, MAY 4, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Christchurch, New Zealand, presented by Bishop John Jerome Cunneen, upon having reached the age limit. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Barry Jones.
- Appointed Fr. Cletus Chandrasiri Perera O.S.B., prior of the monastery of St. Sylvester in Kandy, Sri Lanka, as bishop of Ratnapura (area 4,968, population 1,787,938, Catholics 19,532, priests 34, religious 70), Sri Lanka. The bishop-elect was born in Seeduwa, Sri Lanka in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1973.
RE:NER/.../CUNNEEN:JONES:PERERA VIS 20070504 (100)
- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Christchurch, New Zealand, presented by Bishop John Jerome Cunneen, upon having reached the age limit. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Barry Jones.
- Appointed Fr. Cletus Chandrasiri Perera O.S.B., prior of the monastery of St. Sylvester in Kandy, Sri Lanka, as bishop of Ratnapura (area 4,968, population 1,787,938, Catholics 19,532, priests 34, religious 70), Sri Lanka. The bishop-elect was born in Seeduwa, Sri Lanka in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1973.
RE:NER/.../CUNNEEN:JONES:PERERA VIS 20070504 (100)
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