VATICAN CITY, DEC 19, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:
- Fr. Michael Wustenberg of the clergy of Hildesheim, Germany, 'fidei donum' missionary and former vicar general of the diocese of Aliwal, South Africa, as bishop of Aliwal (area 31,200, population 536,000, Catholics 42,300, priests 22, religious 71). The bishop-elect was born in Dortmund, Germany in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1982.
- Fr. Roberto Francisco Ferreria Paz of the clergy of the archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Brazil, pastor of the parish of "Nossa Senhora da Paz" in Porto Alegre, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Niteroi (area 4,722, population 2,094,288, Catholics 1,067,608, priests 125, permanent deacons 18, religious 265), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1953 and ordained a priest in 1989.
- Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany, as bishop of Speyer (area 5,893, population 1,364,692, Catholics 607,015, priests 389, permanent deacons 50, religious 762), Germany.
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- Fr. Michael Wustenberg of the clergy of Hildesheim, Germany, 'fidei donum' missionary and former vicar general of the diocese of Aliwal, South Africa, as bishop of Aliwal (area 31,200, population 536,000, Catholics 42,300, priests 22, religious 71). The bishop-elect was born in Dortmund, Germany in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1982.
- Fr. Roberto Francisco Ferreria Paz of the clergy of the archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Brazil, pastor of the parish of "Nossa Senhora da Paz" in Porto Alegre, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Niteroi (area 4,722, population 2,094,288, Catholics 1,067,608, priests 125, permanent deacons 18, religious 265), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1953 and ordained a priest in 1989.
- Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany, as bishop of Speyer (area 5,893, population 1,364,692, Catholics 607,015, priests 389, permanent deacons 50, religious 762), Germany.
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