Vatican
City, 15 May 2012
(VIS) - Today the Holy Father appointed:
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Bishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye as archbishop of the Archdiocese of
Kumasi (area 5,118, population 1,744,000, Catholics 401,000, priests
112, religious 615), Ghana. He succeeds Archbishop Thomas Kwaku
Mensah, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age
limit.
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Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal of Kannur, India, as bishop of Calicut
(area 12,505, population 10,453,000, Catholics 50,201, priests 125,
religious 833), India. Concurrently he is named as the apostolic
administrator "sede vacanate et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of
the diocese of Kannur.
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Bishop Roberto Calara Mallari, previously auxiliary of San Fernando,
Philippines, as bishop of San Jose (area 2,540, population 819,000,
Catholics 725,000, priests 33, religious 34), Philippines.
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