VATICAN CITY, 14 FEB 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari, apostolic nuncio to Ivory Coast, as apostolic nuncio to Croatia.
- Appointed Fr. Jose Francisco Gonzalez Gonzalez, vice rector of the minor seminary of Guadalajara, Mexico, and Fr. Juan Humberto Gutierrez Valencia, canon and rector of the cathedral of Guadalajara, as auxiliaries of the archdiocese of Guadalajara (area 20,827, population 6,773,000, Catholics 6,164,000, priests 1,327, permanent deacons 3, religious 3,349). Bishop-elect Gonzalez was born in Yahualica, Mexico in 1966 and ordained a priest in 1995. Bishop-elect Gutierrez was born in Guadalajara in 1941 and ordained a priest in 1967.
Ordered the following restructuring to the ecclesiastical circumscriptions of the Latin Church in Slovakia:
- Erected the metropolitan archdiocese of Bratislava, based in Bratislava, with territory taken from the metropolitan archdiocese of Bratislava-Trnava, appointing Bishop Stanislav Zvolensky, auxiliary of Bratislava-Trnava, as metropolitan archbishop of the new archdiocese. The archbishop-elect was born in Trnava in 1958, he was ordained a priest in 1982 and consecrated a bishop in 2004.
- Erected the archdiocese of Trnava, based in Trnava, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan church of Bratislava, confirming Archbishop Jan Sokol of Bratislava-Trnava, at his own request, as archbishop of Trnava.
- Erected the new diocese of Zilina, based in Zilina, with territory taken from the dioceses of Nitra and Banska Bystrica, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan church of Bratislava, appointing Bishop Tomas Galis, auxiliary of Banska Bystrica, as first bishop of the new diocese.
- Ordered the expansion of the diocese of Nitra with nine deaneries from the former archdiocese of Bratislava-Trnava, Nitra having ceded nine deaneries to the new diocese of Zilina.
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- Appointed Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari, apostolic nuncio to Ivory Coast, as apostolic nuncio to Croatia.
- Appointed Fr. Jose Francisco Gonzalez Gonzalez, vice rector of the minor seminary of Guadalajara, Mexico, and Fr. Juan Humberto Gutierrez Valencia, canon and rector of the cathedral of Guadalajara, as auxiliaries of the archdiocese of Guadalajara (area 20,827, population 6,773,000, Catholics 6,164,000, priests 1,327, permanent deacons 3, religious 3,349). Bishop-elect Gonzalez was born in Yahualica, Mexico in 1966 and ordained a priest in 1995. Bishop-elect Gutierrez was born in Guadalajara in 1941 and ordained a priest in 1967.
Ordered the following restructuring to the ecclesiastical circumscriptions of the Latin Church in Slovakia:
- Erected the metropolitan archdiocese of Bratislava, based in Bratislava, with territory taken from the metropolitan archdiocese of Bratislava-Trnava, appointing Bishop Stanislav Zvolensky, auxiliary of Bratislava-Trnava, as metropolitan archbishop of the new archdiocese. The archbishop-elect was born in Trnava in 1958, he was ordained a priest in 1982 and consecrated a bishop in 2004.
- Erected the archdiocese of Trnava, based in Trnava, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan church of Bratislava, confirming Archbishop Jan Sokol of Bratislava-Trnava, at his own request, as archbishop of Trnava.
- Erected the new diocese of Zilina, based in Zilina, with territory taken from the dioceses of Nitra and Banska Bystrica, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan church of Bratislava, appointing Bishop Tomas Galis, auxiliary of Banska Bystrica, as first bishop of the new diocese.
- Ordered the expansion of the diocese of Nitra with nine deaneries from the former archdiocese of Bratislava-Trnava, Nitra having ceded nine deaneries to the new diocese of Zilina.
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