Tuesday, February 8, 2011

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 8 FEB 2011 (VIS) - Holy Father:

 - Appointed Fr. Sanctus Lino Manok, vicar general of Nebbi, Uganda, as bishop of the same diocese (area 5,098, population 600,177, Catholics 494,677, priests 61, religious 57). The bishop-elect was born in Atyak-Yamo, Uganda in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1986. He succeeds Bishop Martin Luluga, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the archdiocese of Bologna, Italy, presented by Bishop Ernesto Vecchi, upon having reached the age limit.
NRE:RE/                                VIS 20110208 (110)

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