VATICAN CITY, 8 JAN 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Jose Francisco Sanches Alves of Portalegre - Castelo Branco, Portugal, as archbishop of Evora (area 13,547, population 290,000, Catholics 245,900, priests 103, permanent deacons 10, religious 242), Portugal. The archbishop-elect was born in Lageosa da Raia, Portugal in 1941, he was ordained a priest in 1966 and consecrated a bishop in 1998. He succeeds Archbishop Maurilio Jorge Quintal de Gouveia, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop Amandio Jose Tomas, auxiliary of Evora, Portugal, as coadjutor of Vila Real (area 4,237, population 289,200, Catholics 285,600, priests 137, permanent deacons 1, religious 115), Portugal.
NER:RE:NEC/.../SANCHES:QUINTAL:TOMAS VIS 20080108 (130)
- Appointed Bishop Jose Francisco Sanches Alves of Portalegre - Castelo Branco, Portugal, as archbishop of Evora (area 13,547, population 290,000, Catholics 245,900, priests 103, permanent deacons 10, religious 242), Portugal. The archbishop-elect was born in Lageosa da Raia, Portugal in 1941, he was ordained a priest in 1966 and consecrated a bishop in 1998. He succeeds Archbishop Maurilio Jorge Quintal de Gouveia, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop Amandio Jose Tomas, auxiliary of Evora, Portugal, as coadjutor of Vila Real (area 4,237, population 289,200, Catholics 285,600, priests 137, permanent deacons 1, religious 115), Portugal.
NER:RE:NEC/.../SANCHES:QUINTAL:TOMAS VIS 20080108 (130)
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