VATICAN CITY, 16 OCT 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Msgr. Joseph Anthony Toal of the clergy of the diocese of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, rector of the Royal Scots College of Salamanca, Spain, as bishop of Argyll and The Isles (area 31,080, population 74,383, Catholics 10,383, priests 29, religious 12). The bishop-elect was born in Roy Bridge, Scotland in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1980. He succeeds Bishop Ian Murray, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop Thomas Matthew Burns S.M., military ordinary of Great Britain, as bishop of Menevia (area 9,310, population 801,650, Catholics 26,688, priests 52, religious 133), Wales. He succeeds Bishop Mark Jabale O.S.B., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Fr. Adolfo Nicolas S.J., superior general of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), as a member of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
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- Appointed Msgr. Joseph Anthony Toal of the clergy of the diocese of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, rector of the Royal Scots College of Salamanca, Spain, as bishop of Argyll and The Isles (area 31,080, population 74,383, Catholics 10,383, priests 29, religious 12). The bishop-elect was born in Roy Bridge, Scotland in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1980. He succeeds Bishop Ian Murray, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop Thomas Matthew Burns S.M., military ordinary of Great Britain, as bishop of Menevia (area 9,310, population 801,650, Catholics 26,688, priests 52, religious 133), Wales. He succeeds Bishop Mark Jabale O.S.B., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Fr. Adolfo Nicolas S.J., superior general of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), as a member of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
NER:RE:NA/.../... VIS 20081016 (180)
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