VATICAN CITY, 6 OCT 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Jose Manuel Imbamba of the clergy of Lwena, Angola, secretary general of the Catholic University of Luanda, Angola, and professor of philosophy at the major seminary of Luanda, as bishop of Dundo (area 106,000, population 1,000,000, Catholics 40,000, priests 6, religious 16), Angola. The bishop-elect was born in Boma, Angola in 1965 and ordained a priest in 1991.
On Saturday 4 October it was made public that he appointed:
- Msgr. Jan Baxant, vicar general of the diocese of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, as bishop of Litomerice (area 9,380, population 1,335,154, Catholics 159,986, priests 116, permanent deacons 14, religious 72), Czech Republic. The bishop-elect was born in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic in 1948 and ordained a priest in 1973.
- Msgr. Damian Santiago Bitar, vicar general of the diocese of Villa Maria, Argentina, as auxiliary of San Justo (area 130, population 1,000,000, Catholics 900,000, priests 75, permanent deacons 18, religious 127), Argentina. The bishop-elect was born in Arroyo Cabral, Argentina in 1963 and ordained a priest in 1987.
NER:NEA/.../IMBAMBA:BAXANT:BITAR VIS 20081006 (190)
On Saturday 4 October it was made public that he appointed:
- Msgr. Jan Baxant, vicar general of the diocese of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, as bishop of Litomerice (area 9,380, population 1,335,154, Catholics 159,986, priests 116, permanent deacons 14, religious 72), Czech Republic. The bishop-elect was born in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic in 1948 and ordained a priest in 1973.
- Msgr. Damian Santiago Bitar, vicar general of the diocese of Villa Maria, Argentina, as auxiliary of San Justo (area 130, population 1,000,000, Catholics 900,000, priests 75, permanent deacons 18, religious 127), Argentina. The bishop-elect was born in Arroyo Cabral, Argentina in 1963 and ordained a priest in 1987.
NER:NEA/.../IMBAMBA:BAXANT:BITAR VIS 20081006 (190)
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