Vatican
City, 17 May 2013
(VIS) – Today, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Enrique Benavent
Vidal as bishop of Tortosa (area 6,450, population 294,000, Catholics
261,000, priests 132, permanent deacons 2, religious 256), Spain.
Bishop Benavent, previously auxiliary of Valencia and titular of
Rotdon, was born in Quatretonda, Valencia, Spain in 1959, was
ordained to the priesthood in 1982, and received episcopal ordination
in 2005. On the Spanish Episcopal Conference he is a member of the
Commissions for the Doctrine of the Faith and for Seminaries and
Universities.
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