VATICAN CITY, 7 OCT 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Msgr. Egidio Bisol of the clergy of the diocese of Vicenza, Italy, "fidei donum" priest in the diocese of Roraima, Brazil, as bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (area 11,034, population 355,000, Catholics 330,000, priests 27, permanent deacons 8, religious 31), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Bassano del Grappa, Italy in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1972.
- Appointed Msgr. Bernard A. Hebda of the clergy of the diocese of Pittsburgh, U.S.A., under secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, as bishop of Gaylord (area 28,932, population 524,000, Catholics 71,700, priests 69, permanent deacons 18, religious 45), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Pittsburgh in 1959 and ordained a priest in 1989. He succeeds Bishop Patrick R. Cooney, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop Oscar Vicente Ojea, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as coadjutor bishop of San Isidro (area 1,379, population 1,123,000, Catholics 1,010,000, priests 141, permanent deacons 32, religious 171), Argentina.
- Appointed Bishop Patrick Le Gal, military ordinary for France, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Lyon (area 5,087, population 1,755,000, Catholics 1,209,000, priests 562, permanent deacons 60, religious 2,208), France.
- Appointed Fr. Luc Ravel C.R.S.V., director of formation at the abbey of Saint-Pierre in Champagne-sur-Rhone, France, as military ordinary for France. The bishop-elect was born in Paris, France in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1987.
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