VATICAN CITY, 17 JUL 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Mbanza Congo, Angola, presented by Bishop Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo O.F.M. Cap., in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
- Appointed Fr. Ignatius Chama of the clergy of Mansa, Zambia, director of the diocesan development office and chaplain of the diocesan congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, as bishop of Mpika (area 120,000, population 480,000, Catholics 118,000, priests 39, religious 67), Zambia. The bishop-elect was born in Mutomo-Kawambwa, Zambia in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1984.
RE:NER/.../SHYNGO:CHAMA VIS 20080717 (110)
- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Mbanza Congo, Angola, presented by Bishop Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo O.F.M. Cap., in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
- Appointed Fr. Ignatius Chama of the clergy of Mansa, Zambia, director of the diocesan development office and chaplain of the diocesan congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, as bishop of Mpika (area 120,000, population 480,000, Catholics 118,000, priests 39, religious 67), Zambia. The bishop-elect was born in Mutomo-Kawambwa, Zambia in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1984.
RE:NER/.../SHYNGO:CHAMA VIS 20080717 (110)
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