Vatican
City, 26 April 2013
(VIS) – Today the Holy Father:
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accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of
Klerksdorp, South Africa, presented by Bishop Zithulele Patrick
Mvemve in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale,
O.M.I., of Johannesburg, South Africa, as apostolic administrator
"sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the same
diocese.
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appointed Fr. Juan Antonio Menendez Fernandez as auxiliary of the
Archdiocese of Oviedo (area 10,565, population 1,088,000, Catholics
1,034,000, priests 533, religious 1,009), Spain, assigning him the Titular See of
Nasai. The bishop-elect, previously pastor of San Nicolas de Bari
parish in Aviles, Asturias, Spain, and episcopal vicar for Juridical
Affairs of the same archdiocese, was born in Villamarin de Salcedo,
Asturias, Spain, in 1957 and was ordained a priest in 1981.
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