Vatican
City, 6 February 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father:
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elevated the territorial prelature of Cameta, Brazil, to the rank of
diocese. He appointed Bishop Jesus Maria Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R.,
prelate of Cameta, as first bishop of the new diocese.
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appointed Fr. Valdir Mamede as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of
Brasilia (area 5,814, population 2,246,000, Catholics 1,541,000,
priests 320, permanent deacons 69, religious 674), Brazil. The
bishop-elect was born in Silvianopolis, Brazil and was ordained to
the priesthood in 1988. He has served as pastor in several Brazilian
parishes, most recently Imaculado Coracao de Maria, and was also
judicial vicar of the archdiocese.
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