VATICAN CITY, 11 MAR 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Erected the new diocese of Fajardo-Humacao (area 574, population 293,000, Catholics 97,869, priests 22) Puerto Rico, with territory taken from the archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico and from the diocese of Caguas, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan church of San Juan de Puerto Rico. He appointed Fr. Eusebio Ramos Morales of the clergy of Caguas, pastor of the parish of "Santisimo Redentor" at Fajardo as first bishop of the new diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Maunabo, Puerto Rico in 1952 and ordained a priest in 1983.
- Appointed Fr. Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo, bursar of the diocese of Bethlehem, South Africa, as bishop of Eshowe (area 26,364, population 2,200,000, Catholics 76,095, priests 57, religious 131), South Africa. The bishop-elect was born in Gogela, South Africa in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1991.
- Appointed Msgr. Felipe Salazar Villagrana, diocesan administrator of San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico, as bishop of the same diocese (area 12,000, population 974,000, Catholics 951,000, priests 315, religious 519). The bishop-elect was born in Amatlan de Canas, Mexico, in 1940 and ordained a priest in 1968.
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- Erected the new diocese of Fajardo-Humacao (area 574, population 293,000, Catholics 97,869, priests 22) Puerto Rico, with territory taken from the archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico and from the diocese of Caguas, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan church of San Juan de Puerto Rico. He appointed Fr. Eusebio Ramos Morales of the clergy of Caguas, pastor of the parish of "Santisimo Redentor" at Fajardo as first bishop of the new diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Maunabo, Puerto Rico in 1952 and ordained a priest in 1983.
- Appointed Fr. Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo, bursar of the diocese of Bethlehem, South Africa, as bishop of Eshowe (area 26,364, population 2,200,000, Catholics 76,095, priests 57, religious 131), South Africa. The bishop-elect was born in Gogela, South Africa in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1991.
- Appointed Msgr. Felipe Salazar Villagrana, diocesan administrator of San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico, as bishop of the same diocese (area 12,000, population 974,000, Catholics 951,000, priests 315, religious 519). The bishop-elect was born in Amatlan de Canas, Mexico, in 1940 and ordained a priest in 1968.
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