Friday, February 24, 2012
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 24 February 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Erected the new eparchy of Segheneity (area 29,499, population 850,000, Catholics 35,557, priests 52, religious 70) Eritrea, with territory taken from the eparchy of Asmara. He appointed Fr. Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim, vicar general of Asmara, as first bishop of the new diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia in 1970 and ordained a priest in 1996. He studied in Rome and has been active in pastoral work in and around Asmara.
- Appointed Fr. Dominik Schwaderlapp of the clergy of the archdiocese of Cologne, Germany, vicar general and canon of the metropolitan chapter, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese (area 6,181, population 5,200,000, Catholics 2,111,166, priests 1,061, permanent deacons 317, religious 2,028). The bishop-elect was born in Selters/Westerwald, Germany in 1967 and ordained a priest in 1993. He has worked in pastoral care and served for a number of years as private secretary to the archbishop of Cologne
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Thank you Jesus for your gift of Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim and the establishment of the new eparchy of Segheneity. I pray that with the advent of the 'Year of Faith' your good news and good will is spread throughout Eritrea. May your spirit of strength, courage, and wisdom be with all of your disciples whom you have anointed to spread the good news.
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