Tuesday, February 5, 2008

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 5 FEB 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the diocese of Bilbao, Spain, presented by Bishop Carmelo Echenagusia Uribe, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Msgr. Mario Iceta Gavicagogeascoa, vicar general of the diocese of Cordoba, Spain, as auxiliary of the diocese of Bilbao (area 2,193, population 1,136,181, Catholics 1,006,197, priests 780, permanent deacons 1, religious 1,816), Spain. The bishop-elect was born in Gernika, Spain in 1965 and ordained a priest in 1994.
RE:NEA/.../ECHENAGUSIA:ICETA                VIS 20080205 (90)


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