VATICAN CITY, 23 APR 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Msgr. Dimitrios Salachas of the clergy of the apostolic exarchate for Greek Catholics of Byzantine Rite, Greece, as apostolic exarch of the same exarchate (Catholics 2,300, priests 10, religious 14). The bishop-elect was born in Athens, Greece in 1939 and ordained a priest in 1964. He succeeds Bishop Anarghyros Printesis, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same exarchate the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with canon 210 para. 1 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
- Appointed Fr. Jacques Danka Longa of the clergy of the diocese of Kara, Togo, rector of the John Paul II major seminary, as coadjutor of the same diocese (area 10,590, population 920,000, Catholics 123,288, priests 67, religious 94). The bishop-elect was born in Sokode, Togo in 1961 and ordained a priest in 1992.
- Appointed Fr. Lazlo Nemet SVD, secretary of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Conference, as bishop of Zrenjanin (area 9,387, population 560,809, Catholics 65,746, priests 25, permanent deacons 1, religious 16), Serbia. The bishop-elect was born in Odzaci, Serbia in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1983.
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- Appointed Msgr. Dimitrios Salachas of the clergy of the apostolic exarchate for Greek Catholics of Byzantine Rite, Greece, as apostolic exarch of the same exarchate (Catholics 2,300, priests 10, religious 14). The bishop-elect was born in Athens, Greece in 1939 and ordained a priest in 1964. He succeeds Bishop Anarghyros Printesis, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same exarchate the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with canon 210 para. 1 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
- Appointed Fr. Jacques Danka Longa of the clergy of the diocese of Kara, Togo, rector of the John Paul II major seminary, as coadjutor of the same diocese (area 10,590, population 920,000, Catholics 123,288, priests 67, religious 94). The bishop-elect was born in Sokode, Togo in 1961 and ordained a priest in 1992.
- Appointed Fr. Lazlo Nemet SVD, secretary of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Conference, as bishop of Zrenjanin (area 9,387, population 560,809, Catholics 65,746, priests 25, permanent deacons 1, religious 16), Serbia. The bishop-elect was born in Odzaci, Serbia in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1983.
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