Vatican
City, 24 June 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father appointed Fr.
Mario Leon Dorado, O.M.I., as apostolic prefect of Western Sahara.
Fr. Leon Dorado is currently administrator of the same Apostolic
Prefecture.
On
Saturday, 22 June, the Holy Father:
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appointed Fr. Bernard Taiji Katsuya as bishop of Sapporo (area
83,452, population 5,518,088, Catholics 17,619 , priests 56,
religious 308), Japan. The bishop-elect was born in Muroran-Hokkaido,
Japan in 1955 and was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Sapporo in
1986. Since ordination he has served in several pastoral and academic
roles, most recently, since 2008, as director of the District of
Sapporo and, since 2012, as substitute pastor of Tsukisamu.
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accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the Diocese
of Rockville Centre, New York, USA, presented by Bishop John Charles
Dunne, upon having reached the age limit.
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