VATICAN CITY, 15 OCT 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Msgr. Paul D. Sirba of the clergy of the archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, U.S.A., vicar general of Duluth, U.S.A., as bishop of Duluth (area 57,875, population 439,478, Catholics 60,532, priests 82, permanent deacons 41, religious 142). The bishop-elect was born in Saint Paul in 1960 and ordained a priest in 1986.
- Appointed Fr. Fernando Isern of the clergy of the archdiocese of Miami, U.S.A., pastor of the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes, as bishop of Pueblo (area 124,754, population 626,000, Catholics 121,000, priests 90, permanent deacons 33, religious 94), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Havana, Cuba in 1958 and ordained a priest in 1993. He succeeds Bishop Arthur N. Tafoya, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Jorge Carlos Patron Wong, rector of the major seminary of the archdiocese of Yucatan, Mexico, as coadjutor of the diocese Papantla (area 12,000, population 2.065,338, Catholics 1,553,432, priests 86, permanent deacons 1, religious 130), Mexico. The bishop-elect was born in Merida, Mexico in 1958 and ordained a priest in 1988.
- Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the diocese of Chur, Switzerland, presented by Bishop Paul Vollmar S.M., in accordance with canons 411 and 401 para. 1 of the Code of Canon Law.
- Appointed Msgr. Robert C. Evans of the clergy of the diocese of Providence, U.S.A., pastor of the parish of St. Philip at Greenville, as auxiliary of the same diocese (area 3,247, population 1,089,000, Catholics 651,000, priests 390, permanent deacons 104, religious 754). The bishop-elect was born in Moultrie, U.S.A. in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1973.
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