VATICAN CITY, 5 FEB 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Victor Sanchez Espinosa, auxiliary of Mexico, Mexico, and secretary general of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM), as metropolitan archbishop of Puebla de los Angeles (area 20,932, population 4,574,000, Catholics 4,230,000, priests 593, permanent deacons 1, religious 1,192), Mexico. The archbishop-elect was born in Santa Cruz, Mexico in 1950, he was ordained a priest in 1976 and consecrated a bishop in 2004. He succeeds Archbishop Rosendo Huesca Pacheco, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop Carlos Aguiar Retes of Texcoco, Mexico as metropolitan archbishop of Tlalnepantla (area 682, population 4,069,000, Catholics 3,570,000, priests 366, permanent deacons 13, religious 427), Mexico. The archbishop-elect was born in Tepic, Mexico in 1950, he was ordained a priest in 1973 and consecrated a bishop in 1997. He succeeds Archbishop Ricardo Guizar Diaz, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Valentine Tsamma Seane, pastor of the cathedral of Gaborone, as bishop of the diocese of Gaborone (area 109,005, population 1,033,754, Catholics 64,618, priests 31, permanent deacons 6, religious 52), Botswana. The bishop-elect was born in Lobaste, Botswana in 1966 and ordained a priest in 1994. He succeeds Bishop Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. James S. Wall of the clergy of Phoenix, U.S.A., episcopal vicar for the clergy in that diocese, as bishop of Gallup (area 143,648, population 491,400, Catholics 57,927, priests 53, permanent deacons 31, religious 138), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Ganado, U.S.A. in 1964 and ordained a priest in 1998.
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- Appointed Bishop Victor Sanchez Espinosa, auxiliary of Mexico, Mexico, and secretary general of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM), as metropolitan archbishop of Puebla de los Angeles (area 20,932, population 4,574,000, Catholics 4,230,000, priests 593, permanent deacons 1, religious 1,192), Mexico. The archbishop-elect was born in Santa Cruz, Mexico in 1950, he was ordained a priest in 1976 and consecrated a bishop in 2004. He succeeds Archbishop Rosendo Huesca Pacheco, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop Carlos Aguiar Retes of Texcoco, Mexico as metropolitan archbishop of Tlalnepantla (area 682, population 4,069,000, Catholics 3,570,000, priests 366, permanent deacons 13, religious 427), Mexico. The archbishop-elect was born in Tepic, Mexico in 1950, he was ordained a priest in 1973 and consecrated a bishop in 1997. He succeeds Archbishop Ricardo Guizar Diaz, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Valentine Tsamma Seane, pastor of the cathedral of Gaborone, as bishop of the diocese of Gaborone (area 109,005, population 1,033,754, Catholics 64,618, priests 31, permanent deacons 6, religious 52), Botswana. The bishop-elect was born in Lobaste, Botswana in 1966 and ordained a priest in 1994. He succeeds Bishop Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. James S. Wall of the clergy of Phoenix, U.S.A., episcopal vicar for the clergy in that diocese, as bishop of Gallup (area 143,648, population 491,400, Catholics 57,927, priests 53, permanent deacons 31, religious 138), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Ganado, U.S.A. in 1964 and ordained a priest in 1998.
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