Vatican
City, 30 April 2013
(VIS) – Today, the Holy Father:
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appointed Bishop Audilio Aguilar Aguilar as bishop of Santiago de
Veraguas (area 11,239, population 233,600, Catholics 211,343, priests
38, permanent deacons 2, religious 43), Panama. Bishop Aguilar,
previously of Colon-Kuna Yala, Panama, has been vice-president of the
Panamanian Bishops' Conference since 2010. He succeeds Bishop Oscar
Mario Brown Jimenez, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the
same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age
limit.
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appointed Bishop Salvatore Visco as archbishop of Capua (area 500,
population 198,700, Catholics 190,700, priests 83, permanent deacons
10, religious 297), Italy. The archbishop-elect, previously of
Isernia-Venafro, Italy, was born in Naples, Italy in 1948, was
ordained to the priesthood in 1973, and received episcopal ordination
in 2007. He is currently vice-president of the Abruzzo-Molise region
of the Italian Episcopal Conference.
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appointed Archbishop Guido Pozzo, almoner of His Holiness and titular
archbishop of Balneoregium, as consultor of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith.
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appointed Fr. Jose Granados, D.C.J.M., vice dean of the John Paul II
Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Rome, Italy, as
consultor of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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