Vatican
City, 15 June 2013
(VIS) – Today, the Holy Father:
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appointed Msgr. Xavier Munyongani as bishop of the Diocese of Gweru
(area 29,158, population 2,313,000, Catholics 368,000, priests 54,
religious 216), Zimbabwe. The bishop-elect was born in Mutero
Mission, Gutu District, Zimbabwe, in 1950 and was ordained a priest
in 1977. Since ordination he has served in many pastoral, academic,
and administrative roles in the Dioceses of Gweru and Masvingo,
Zimbabwe, as well as serving in London, England, since 2007, as
chaplain of the Zimbabwe Catholic Community.
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appointed Fr. Alphonse Nguyen Huu Long, P.S.S., as auxiliary of the
Diocese of Hung Hoa (area 54,352, population 7,187,000, Catholics
235,000, priests 63, religious 242), Vietnam, assigning him the
Titular See of Gummi in Byzacena. The bishop-elect was born in Hanoi,
Vietnam, in 1953 and was ordained a priest in 1990. Since ordination
he has: served as vicar for the parish of Tam Ky (1990-1994);
obtained a license in Canon Law from the Institut Catholique of
Paris, France; served as pastor for the parishes of Ha Lam
(1999-2001) and Tra Kieu (2001-2003); served as spiritual director
and professor of Canon Law, Church History, and Catechesis at the
Major Seminary of Hue (2003-2011) as well as that institution's
rector since 2011.
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appointed Fr. Pierre Nguyen Van Vien as auxiliary of the Diocese of
Vinh (area 30,594, population 6,285,000, Catholics 506,992, priests
197, religious 1,882), Vietnam, assigning him the Titular See of
Megalopolis in Proconsulari. The bishop-elect was born in Huong
Phuong, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, in 1965 and was ordained a
priest for the Diocese of Vinh in 1999. Since ordination he has done
pastoral service for the Vietnamese community in Sydney, Australia,
where he obtained his doctorate in Theology, served as vice rector
and professor of Dogmatics at Vinh Thanh's Major Seminary, and,
since, 2010, served as general vicar of the Diocese of Vinh.
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appointed Cardinal Audrys Juozas Backis, archbishop emeritus of
Vilnius, Lithuania, as his special envoy to the 1025th anniversary of
the Baptism of Kievan Rus' scheduled to take place in Kiev, Ukraine
from 17-18 August 2013.
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appointed Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, archbishop of San
Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba, as his special envoy to the closing
celebrations of the first centenary of the elevation of the
Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Salvador, El Salvador, and the
erection of the Dioceses of Santa Ana and San Miguel as well as the
closing ceremony of the national Eucharistic Congress in El Salvador
scheduled for 11 August 2013.
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