VATICAN CITY, 2 OCT 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales S.D.B. of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango - Totonicapan, Guatemala, as metropolitan archbishop of Guatemala (area 2,591, population 4,690,000, Catholics 3,753,000, priests 532, permanent deacons 3, religious 1,423), Guatemala. He succeeds Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruno, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Msgr. Vito Angiuli of the clergy of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bari - Bitonto, Italy, pro vicar general, as bishop of Ugento - Santa Maria di Leuca (area 475, population 129,500, Catholics 126,000, priests 69, permanent deacons 5, religious 148), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Sannicandro di Bari, Italy in 1952 and ordained a priest in 1977.
- Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the archdiocese of Guatemala, Guatemala, presented by Bishop Jose Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa, in accordance with canons 411 and 401 para. 1 of the Code of Canon Law.
NER:RE/ VIS 20101004 (170)
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