VATICAN CITY, 9 JAN 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Fr. Edmilson Amador Caetano O. Cist., abbot of the monastery "Nossa Senhora de Sao Bernardo" in the Brazilian diocese of Sao Joao da Boa Vista, as bishop of Barretos (area 8,767, population 322,052, Catholics 254,969, priests 37, religious 39), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1960 and ordained a priest in 1985. He succeeds Bishop Antonio Gaspar, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop Manuel Parrado Carral, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Sao Paulo, Brazil, as bishop of Sao Miguel Paulista (area 196, population 2,734,000, Catholics 2,187,000, priests 116, permanent deacons 1, religious 219), Brazil. He succeeds Bishop Fernando Legal S.D.B., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Msgr. Nicodeme Anani Barrigah-Benissan, nunciature counsellor in Israel, as bishop of Atakpame (area 13,453, population 700,000, Catholics 260,000, priests 57, religious 100), Togo. The bishop-elect was born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1963 and ordained a priest in 1987.
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- Appointed Fr. Edmilson Amador Caetano O. Cist., abbot of the monastery "Nossa Senhora de Sao Bernardo" in the Brazilian diocese of Sao Joao da Boa Vista, as bishop of Barretos (area 8,767, population 322,052, Catholics 254,969, priests 37, religious 39), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1960 and ordained a priest in 1985. He succeeds Bishop Antonio Gaspar, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop Manuel Parrado Carral, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Sao Paulo, Brazil, as bishop of Sao Miguel Paulista (area 196, population 2,734,000, Catholics 2,187,000, priests 116, permanent deacons 1, religious 219), Brazil. He succeeds Bishop Fernando Legal S.D.B., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Msgr. Nicodeme Anani Barrigah-Benissan, nunciature counsellor in Israel, as bishop of Atakpame (area 13,453, population 700,000, Catholics 260,000, priests 57, religious 100), Togo. The bishop-elect was born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1963 and ordained a priest in 1987.
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