VATICAN CITY, 4 NOV 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Porto Nacional, Brazil, presented by Bishop Geraldo Vieira Gusmao, upon having reached the age limit. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Romualdo Matias Kujawski.
- Erected the new diocese of San Jacinto de Yaguachi (area 6,265, population 715,856, Catholics 618,301, priests 49, permanent deacons 3) Ecuador, with territory taken from the archdiocese of Guayaquil, making it a suffragan of the same metropolitan church. He appointed Bishop Anibal Nieto Guerra O.C.D., auxiliary of Guayaquil, as first bishop of the new diocese.
- Appointed Fr. Guido Ivan Minda Chala, pastor and episcopal vicar for the clergy of the diocese of Ibarra, Ecuador, as auxiliary of Guayaquil (area 18,711, population 3,454,000, Catholics 3,110,000, priests 358, permanent deacons 25, religious 686), Ecuador. The bishop-elect was born in Apula, Ecuador in 1960 and ordained a priest in 1998.
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