VATICAN CITY, 2 APR 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Thomas John Rodi of Biloxi, U.S.A., as metropolitan archbishop of Mobile (area 59,467, population 1,680,384, Catholics 67,351, priests 127, permanent deacons 62, religious 179), U.S.A. The archbishop-elect was born in New Orleans, U.S.A. in 1949, he was ordained a priest in 1978 and consecrated a bishop in 2001. He succeeds Archbishop Oscar Hugh Lipscomb, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Elevated the territorial prelature of Huari (area 23,000, population 319,700, Catholics 306,000, priests 43, religious 36), Peru, to the rank of diocese, with the same territorial configuration as before, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan church of Trujillo. He appointed Bishop Ivo Baldi Gaburri, prelate of Huari, as the first bishop of the new diocese.
NER:RE:ECE/.../RODI:LIPSCOMB:GABURRI VIS 20080402 (150)
- Elevated the territorial prelature of Huari (area 23,000, population 319,700, Catholics 306,000, priests 43, religious 36), Peru, to the rank of diocese, with the same territorial configuration as before, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan church of Trujillo. He appointed Bishop Ivo Baldi Gaburri, prelate of Huari, as the first bishop of the new diocese.
NER:RE:ECE/.../RODI:LIPSCOMB:GABURRI VIS 20080402 (150)
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