VATICAN CITY, 21 NOV 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Giambattista Diquattro, apostolic nuncio to Panama, as apostolic nuncio to Bolivia.
- Appointed Fr. Paul Desfarges S.J., superior of the Jesuit community of Algiers, Algeria, and director of the "Ben Smen" centre for spiritual retreats, as bishop of Constantine (area 110,522, population 11,372,000, Catholics 300, priests 18, religious 34), Algeria. The bishop-elect was born in Saint-Etienne, France in 1944 and ordained a priest in 1975. He succeeds Bishop Gabriel Piroird, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Yves Le Saux of the clergy of Autun, France, director of seminarians, deacons and priests of the "Communaute de l'Emmanuel", as bishop of Le Mans (area 6,244, population 530,000, Catholics 349,000, priests 166, permanent deacons 28, religious 580), France. The bishop-elect was born in Hennebont, France in 1960 and ordained a priest in 1986.
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- Appointed Giambattista Diquattro, apostolic nuncio to Panama, as apostolic nuncio to Bolivia.
- Appointed Fr. Paul Desfarges S.J., superior of the Jesuit community of Algiers, Algeria, and director of the "Ben Smen" centre for spiritual retreats, as bishop of Constantine (area 110,522, population 11,372,000, Catholics 300, priests 18, religious 34), Algeria. The bishop-elect was born in Saint-Etienne, France in 1944 and ordained a priest in 1975. He succeeds Bishop Gabriel Piroird, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Yves Le Saux of the clergy of Autun, France, director of seminarians, deacons and priests of the "Communaute de l'Emmanuel", as bishop of Le Mans (area 6,244, population 530,000, Catholics 349,000, priests 166, permanent deacons 28, religious 580), France. The bishop-elect was born in Hennebont, France in 1960 and ordained a priest in 1986.
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