Friday, May 8, 2009

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 8 MAY 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Joseph Kariyil of Punalur, India as bishop of Cochin (area 235, population 616,218, Catholics 172,037, priests 141, religious 564), India.

- Fr. Marcelo Daniel Colombo, pastor of the cathedral of Quilmes, Argentina, as bishop of Oran (area 55,000, population 348,000, Catholics 271,000, priests 39, permanent deacons 3, religious 90), Argentina. The bishop-elect was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1961 and ordained a priest in 1988.

- Fr. Selvister Ponnumuthan of the clergy of the diocese of Neyattinkara, India, rector of St. Joseph's Pontifical Seminary in Carmelgiri, as bishop of Punalur (area 5,052, population 3,000,000, Catholics 46,815, priests 54, religious 287), India. The bishop-elect was born in Viraly-Utchakkada, India in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1981.
NER/.../KARIYIL:COLOMBO:PONNUMUTHAN VIS 20090508 (140)

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