Monday, February 7, 2011

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 7 FEB 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Linus Lee Seong-hyo, professor and director of the Suvon Centre for Academic Research, as auxiliary of Suwon (area 5,371, population 7,146,120, Catholics 718,638, priests 417, religious 1,604), Korea. The bishop-elect was born in Gi-dong Paldal-gu, Korea in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1992.

  On Saturday 5 February it was made public that he:

 - Appointed Bishop Janusz Kaleta as bishop of Karaganda (area ,711,300 population 3,440,500, Catholics 30,575, priests 16, religious 40), Kazakhstan. At the same time, Bishop Kaleta will retain, "donec aliter provideatur", his current office of apostolic administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan. He succeeds Bishop Jan Pawel Lenga M.I.C., whose resignation from the pastoral care of Karaganda the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

 - Appointed Bishop Athanasius Schneider O.R.C., auxiliary of Karaganda, Kazakhstan, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Mary Most Holy in Astana (area 576,400, population 4,000,000, Catholics 78,000, priests 41, religious 92), Kazakhstan.
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