VATICAN CITY, 15 JUL 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Michele Castoro of Oria, Italy, as archbishop of Manfredonia - Vieste - San Giovanni Rotondo (area 1,665, population 155,019, Catholics 153,000, priests 130, permanent deacons 3, religious 245), Italy, and as director general of the International Association of Prayer Groups of Padre Pio. The archbishop-elect was born in Altamura, Italy in 1952, he was ordained a priest in 1977 and consecrated a bishop in 2005.
- Appointed Bishop Francisco Focardi O.F.M., auxiliary of the apostolic vicariate of El Beni, Bolivia, as apostolic vicar of Camiri (area 104,000, population 137,800, Catholics 115,000, priests 25, permanent deacons 1, religious 70), Bolivia. He succeeds Bishop Leonardo Mario Bernacchi O.F.M., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same apostolic vicariate the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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