Vatican
City, 4 May 2013
(VIS) – Today, the Holy Father:
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appointed Fr. Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.J., as bishop of the Diocese
of Kokstad (area 17,655, population 1,809,000, Catholics 85,400,
priests 21, religious 60), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The
bishop-elect was born in Umlamli, Eastern Cape, South Africa in 1957
and was ordained a priest in 1987. Since ordination the bishop-elect
has served in several pastoral and institutional roles, most recently
as provincial superior of the Congregation of the Priests of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus in South Africa and, alongside the vicar
general, as pastor of Sterkspruit parish in the Diocese of Aliwal.
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appointed Bishop Mark Joseph Seitz as bishop of the Diocese of El
Paso (area 69,090, population 848,00, Catholics 662,000, priests 103,
permanent deacons 27, religious 190), Texas, USA. Bishop Seitz,
previously auxiliary of Dallas, Texas, and titular of Cozyla, serves
as a member of the Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs in the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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appointed Bishop Fernando Carlos Maletti as bishop of the Diocese of
Merlo-Moreno (area 301, population 913,000, Catholics 813,820,
priests 58, permanent deacons 30, religious 254), Argentina. On the
Argentine Episcopal Conference, Bishop Maletti, previously of San
Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, serves as president of the Commission
for Assistance to Regions in Need and as a member of the Commission
for Aboriginals.
On
Saturday, 4 May, the Holy Father appointed Archbishop Mario Aurelio
Poli of Buenos Aires as ordinary for Catholics of Oriental rite
resident in Argentina and without their own ordinary.
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