VATICAN CITY, 14 JUN 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the diocese of Cleveland, U.S.A. presented by Bishop Alexander James Quinn, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Petrus Boddeng Timang, pastor of the cathedral of Makassar, Indonesia, as bishop of Banjarmasin (area 37,530, population 3,135,000, Catholics 18,200, priests 22, religious 22), Indonesia. The bishop-elect was born in Malakri, Indonesia in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1974. He succeeds Bishop Fransiskus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta M.S.F., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Yves Marie Monot C.S.Sp., apostolic administrator of Ouesso, Republic of Congo, as bishop of the same diocese (area 66,044, population 90,000, Catholics 24,989, priests 9, religious 19). The bishop-elect was born in Pont-l'Abbe, France in 1944 and ordained a priest in 1972.
- Appointed Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, archbishop of Santo Domingo, as special papal envoy to the Third American Missionary Congress (CAM3) and the Eighth Latin American Missionary Congress (COMLA8), due to take place in Quito, Ecuador, from 12 to 17 August.
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- Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the diocese of Cleveland, U.S.A. presented by Bishop Alexander James Quinn, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Petrus Boddeng Timang, pastor of the cathedral of Makassar, Indonesia, as bishop of Banjarmasin (area 37,530, population 3,135,000, Catholics 18,200, priests 22, religious 22), Indonesia. The bishop-elect was born in Malakri, Indonesia in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1974. He succeeds Bishop Fransiskus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta M.S.F., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Yves Marie Monot C.S.Sp., apostolic administrator of Ouesso, Republic of Congo, as bishop of the same diocese (area 66,044, population 90,000, Catholics 24,989, priests 9, religious 19). The bishop-elect was born in Pont-l'Abbe, France in 1944 and ordained a priest in 1972.
- Appointed Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, archbishop of Santo Domingo, as special papal envoy to the Third American Missionary Congress (CAM3) and the Eighth Latin American Missionary Congress (COMLA8), due to take place in Quito, Ecuador, from 12 to 17 August.
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