Wednesday, March 24, 2010

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 24 MAR 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Cloyne, Ireland presented by Bishop John Magee, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

 - Appointed Fr. Francisco Lerma Martinez I.M.C., provincial superior of the Mozambican Region of the Consolata Missionary Institute, as bishop of Gurue (area 42,451, population 1,150,000, Catholics 259,500, priests 46, religious 13), Mozambique. The bishop-elect was born in El Palmar, Spain in 1944 and ordained a priest in 1969.
RE:NER/.../MAGEE:LERMA                        VIS 20100324 (100)

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