VATICAN CITY, 15 OCT 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Fr. Marc Aillet, vicar general of Frejus-Toulon, France, as bishop of Bayonne (area 7,712, population 628,000, Catholics 450,000, priests 477, permanent deacons 7, religious 911), France. The bishop-elect was born in Parakou, Benin in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1982.
- Accepted the resignation from the diocese of Cape Palmas, Liberia, presented by Bishop Boniface Nyema Dalieh, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop John M. Quinn, auxiliary of Detroit, U.S.A., as coadjutor of Winona (area 31,798, population 570,488, Catholics 131,280, priests 107, permanent deacons 20, religious 414), U.S.A.
- Appointed Fr. Laurent Chu Van Minh, rector of the major seminary of Hanoi, Vietnam, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Hanoi (area 7,000, population 5,300,000, Catholics 328,725, priests 69, religious 278). The bishop-elect was born in Nam Dinh, Vietnam in 1943 and ordained a priest in 1994.
- Appointed Fr. Pierre Nguyen Van Kham, executive secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Vietnam, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Hochiminh Ville (area 2,093, population 6,129,000, Catholics 640.437, priests 751, religious 5,442) Vietnam. The bishop-elect as born in Ha Dong, Vietnam in 1952 and ordained a priest in 1980.
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- Appointed Fr. Marc Aillet, vicar general of Frejus-Toulon, France, as bishop of Bayonne (area 7,712, population 628,000, Catholics 450,000, priests 477, permanent deacons 7, religious 911), France. The bishop-elect was born in Parakou, Benin in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1982.
- Accepted the resignation from the diocese of Cape Palmas, Liberia, presented by Bishop Boniface Nyema Dalieh, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop John M. Quinn, auxiliary of Detroit, U.S.A., as coadjutor of Winona (area 31,798, population 570,488, Catholics 131,280, priests 107, permanent deacons 20, religious 414), U.S.A.
- Appointed Fr. Laurent Chu Van Minh, rector of the major seminary of Hanoi, Vietnam, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Hanoi (area 7,000, population 5,300,000, Catholics 328,725, priests 69, religious 278). The bishop-elect was born in Nam Dinh, Vietnam in 1943 and ordained a priest in 1994.
- Appointed Fr. Pierre Nguyen Van Kham, executive secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Vietnam, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Hochiminh Ville (area 2,093, population 6,129,000, Catholics 640.437, priests 751, religious 5,442) Vietnam. The bishop-elect as born in Ha Dong, Vietnam in 1952 and ordained a priest in 1980.
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