Thursday, May 15, 2008

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 15 MAY 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Msgr. Alceste Catella of the clergy of the diocese of Biella, Italy, vicar general, as bishop of Casale Monferrato (area 970, population 103,000, Catholics 99,000, priests 115, permanent deacons 12, religious 172), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Tavigliano, Italy in 1942 and ordained a priest in 1966.

 - Appointed Fr. Adolfo Bittschi Mayer, pastor of Incahuasi, Bolivia, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Sucre (area 49,975, population 604,292, Catholics 527,016, priests 96, permanent deacons 1, religious 275), Bolivia. The bishop-elect was born in Ingolstadt, Germany, in 1950 and ordained a priest in 1977.
NER:NEA/.../CATELLA:BITTSCHI                VIS 20080515 (110)


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