VATICAN CITY, 2 JUL 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Erected the new diocese of Montenegro (area 4,395, population 335,521, Catholics 268,417, priests 35, religious 147) Brazil, with territory taken from the archdiocese of Porto Alegre, making it a suffragan of the same metropolitan church. He appointed Bishop Paulo Antonio De Conto of Criciuma, Brazil, as first bishop of the new diocese.
- Appointed Msgr. Romualdo Matias Kujawski of the clergy of the diocese of Poznan, Poland, "fidei donum" priest to the archdiocese of Palmas, Brazil, as coadjutor of Porto Nacional (area 96,488, population 332,000, Catholics 286,000, priests 36, permanent deacons 4, religious 39), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Poznan in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1973.
ECE:NER:NEC/.../DE CONTO:KUJAWSKI VIS 20080702 (130)
- Erected the new diocese of Montenegro (area 4,395, population 335,521, Catholics 268,417, priests 35, religious 147) Brazil, with territory taken from the archdiocese of Porto Alegre, making it a suffragan of the same metropolitan church. He appointed Bishop Paulo Antonio De Conto of Criciuma, Brazil, as first bishop of the new diocese.
- Appointed Msgr. Romualdo Matias Kujawski of the clergy of the diocese of Poznan, Poland, "fidei donum" priest to the archdiocese of Palmas, Brazil, as coadjutor of Porto Nacional (area 96,488, population 332,000, Catholics 286,000, priests 36, permanent deacons 4, religious 39), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Poznan in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1973.
ECE:NER:NEC/.../DE CONTO:KUJAWSKI VIS 20080702 (130)
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