VATICAN CITY, 8 OCT 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Fr. Carlos Cabrero Romero of the clergy of the archdiocese of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, pastor of the parish of "Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe", as bishop of Zacatecas (area 59,000, population 1,364,000, Catholics 1,314,000, priests 195, religious 372), Mexico. The bishop-elect was born in San Luis Potosi in 1946 and ordained a priest in 1972. He succeeds Bishop Fernando Mario Chavez Ruvalcaba, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop Gustavo Rodriguez Vega, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Monterrey, Mexico, as bishop of Nuevo Laredo (area 19,378, population 1,000,000, Catholics 805,000, priests 67, religious 135), Mexico.
- Appointed Fr. Claudio Nori Sturm O.F.M. Cap., minister provincial of the Capuchin province of Parana - Santa Caterina, Beazil, as bishop of Patos de Minas (area 35,072, population 550,000, Catholics 409,000, priests 68, religious 86), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Ubiretama, Brazil in 1953 and ordained a priest in 1980.
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- Appointed Fr. Carlos Cabrero Romero of the clergy of the archdiocese of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, pastor of the parish of "Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe", as bishop of Zacatecas (area 59,000, population 1,364,000, Catholics 1,314,000, priests 195, religious 372), Mexico. The bishop-elect was born in San Luis Potosi in 1946 and ordained a priest in 1972. He succeeds Bishop Fernando Mario Chavez Ruvalcaba, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop Gustavo Rodriguez Vega, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Monterrey, Mexico, as bishop of Nuevo Laredo (area 19,378, population 1,000,000, Catholics 805,000, priests 67, religious 135), Mexico.
- Appointed Fr. Claudio Nori Sturm O.F.M. Cap., minister provincial of the Capuchin province of Parana - Santa Caterina, Beazil, as bishop of Patos de Minas (area 35,072, population 550,000, Catholics 409,000, priests 68, religious 86), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Ubiretama, Brazil in 1953 and ordained a priest in 1980.
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