VATICAN CITY, JUN 6, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the apostolic vicariate of El Beni, Bolivia, presented by Bishop Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga O.F.M., upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Francisco Focardi O.F.M., former vicar general of Tarija and currently missionary in the apostolic vicariate of Camiri, Bolivia, as auxiliary of the apostolic vicariate of El Beni (area 150,686, population 189,000, Catholics 152,400, priests 20, permanent deacons 2, religious 71), Bolivia. The bishop-elect was born in Rignano sull'Arno, Italy in 1949 and ordained a priest in 1975.
- Erected the new diocese of Viana (area 17,206, population 1,659,000, Catholics 500,000, priests 37) Angola, with territory taken from the archdiocese of Luanda, making it a suffragan of the same metropolitan church. He appointed Bishop Joaquim Ferreira Lopes O.F.M. Cap., of Dundo, as the first bishop of the new diocese.
- Erected the new diocese of Caxito (area 25,133, population 500,000, Catholics 214,000, priests 14) Angola, with territory taken from the archdiocese of Luanda, making it a suffragan of the same metropolitan church. He appointed Fr. Antonio Francisco Jaca S.V.D., provincial superior of the Verbite Fathers in Angola, as the first bishop of the new diocese.
- Appointed Msgr. Jose Ronaldo Ribeiro of the clergy of the archdiocese of Brasilia, Brazil, vicar general of that archdiocese and pastor of the parish of "Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceicao," as bishop of Janauba (area 29,296, population 369,000, Catholics 310,000, priests 20, permanent deacons 2, religious 49), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Uberaba, Brazil in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1985.
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- Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the apostolic vicariate of El Beni, Bolivia, presented by Bishop Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga O.F.M., upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Francisco Focardi O.F.M., former vicar general of Tarija and currently missionary in the apostolic vicariate of Camiri, Bolivia, as auxiliary of the apostolic vicariate of El Beni (area 150,686, population 189,000, Catholics 152,400, priests 20, permanent deacons 2, religious 71), Bolivia. The bishop-elect was born in Rignano sull'Arno, Italy in 1949 and ordained a priest in 1975.
- Erected the new diocese of Viana (area 17,206, population 1,659,000, Catholics 500,000, priests 37) Angola, with territory taken from the archdiocese of Luanda, making it a suffragan of the same metropolitan church. He appointed Bishop Joaquim Ferreira Lopes O.F.M. Cap., of Dundo, as the first bishop of the new diocese.
- Erected the new diocese of Caxito (area 25,133, population 500,000, Catholics 214,000, priests 14) Angola, with territory taken from the archdiocese of Luanda, making it a suffragan of the same metropolitan church. He appointed Fr. Antonio Francisco Jaca S.V.D., provincial superior of the Verbite Fathers in Angola, as the first bishop of the new diocese.
- Appointed Msgr. Jose Ronaldo Ribeiro of the clergy of the archdiocese of Brasilia, Brazil, vicar general of that archdiocese and pastor of the parish of "Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceicao," as bishop of Janauba (area 29,296, population 369,000, Catholics 310,000, priests 20, permanent deacons 2, religious 49), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Uberaba, Brazil in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1985.
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