Vatican
City, 23 July 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father:
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appointed Bishop Luis Armando Tineo Rivera as bishop of Carora (area
11,708, population 298,000, Catholics 288,000, priests 34, permanent
deacons 2, religious 42), Venezuela. Bishop Tineo Rivera, previously
auxiliary of Caracas, Venezuela, was born in Caracas, Venezuela in
1948, was ordained to the priesthood in 1980, and received episcopal
ordination in 2007.
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appointed Msgr. Gustavo Oscar Zanchetta as bishop of Oran (area
55,000, population 360,000, Catholics 285,000, priests 35, permanent
deacons 3, religious 80), Argentina. The bishop-elect was born in
Rosario, Argentina in 1964 and was ordained a priest in 1991. He was
subsequently appointed secretary for the Commission for the Ministers
of the Argentine Episcopal Conference, and has served in a number of
pastoral roles, including priest in the parish of San Francisco de
Asis, parish administrator in N.S. del Puente, Berazategui, director
of the pre-seminary, secretary to the bishop emeritus of Quilmes,
professor in the Profesorado de Ciencias Sagradas and in the seminary
of Quilmes, and chancellor of the Movimiento Familiar Cristiano. He
obtained a licentiate in fundamental theology from the Gregorian
Pontifical University in 2000 and is currently executive
under-secretary of the Argentine Episcopal Conference.
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