Vatican
City, 28 February 2013
(VIS) – Today the Holy Father:
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appointed Fr. Samuel Jofre as bishop of Villa Maria (area 28,000,
population 386,000, Catholics 308,000, priests 69, religious 32),
Argentina. The bishop-elect was born in Cordoba, Spain in 1957 and
was ordained a priest in 1983. Since ordination, he has served in
several pastoral and judicial roles, most recently as judge on the
inter-diocesanal tribunal of Cordoba and pastor of Santo Cristo
Parish. He succeeds Bishop Jose Angel Roval, whose resignation from
the pastoral care of the Diocese of Villa Maria the Holy Father
accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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appointed Msgr. Joseph Dinh Duc Dao as auxiliary bishop of the
Diocese of Xuan Loc (area 5,955, population 2,458,000, Catholics
873,440, priests 405, religious 2314), Vietnam. The bishop-elect was
born in Thuc Hoa, Nam Dinh, Vietnam, in 1945 and was ordained a
priest in 1971. Since ordination, he has served in several pastoral,
academic, and administrative roles, most recently as consultor of the
Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and rector of the
Major Seminary of Xuan Loc. The Holy Father has assigned him the
Titular See of Gadiaufala.
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