Friday, April 18, 2008

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 18 APR 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

 - Msgr. Julio Parrilla Diaz, pastor of the parish of "La Inmaculada de Inaquito" in Quito, Ecuador, as bishop of Loja (area 11,476, population 575,000, Catholics 533,000, priests 163, permanent deacons 2, religious 386), Ecuador. The bishop-elect was born in Orense, Spain in 1946 and ordained a priest in 1975.

 - Fr. Roger Victor Rakotondrajao, priest of the diocese of Miarinarivo, Madagascar, as coadjutor bishop of Mahajanga (area 71,900, population 1,049,000, Catholics 200,000, priests 45, religious 193), Madagascar. The bishop-elect was born in 1960 and ordained a priest in 1990.
NER:NEC/.../PARRILLA:RAKOTONDRAJAO                    VIS 20080418 (110)


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