Wednesday, December 2, 2009

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 2 DEC 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

 - Bishop Camilo Fernando Castrellon Pizano S.D.B. of Tibu, Colombia, as bishop of Barrancabermeja (area 15,000, population 556,000, Catholics 400,000, priests 69, permanent deacons 1, religious 59), Colombia.

 - Msgr. Petar Rajic, nunciature counsellor, as apostolic nuncio to Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, and as apostolic delegate to the Arabian Peninsula, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Toronto, Canada in 1959 and ordained a priest in 1987.
NER/…/CASTRELLON                        VIS 20091202 (90)


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