Vatican
City, 16 September 2013 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father appointed
Msgr. Paul Pallath as relator to the Congregation for the Causes of
Saints. Msgr. Pallath was formerly head of the office dealing with
procedures for dispensation from unconsummated marriage and causes
for the nullity of priestly ordination, at the Tribunal of the Roman
Rota.
On
Saturday, 14 September the Holy Father:
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accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the diocese
of Bafoussam, Cameroon, presented by Bishop Gabriel Simo, upon having
reached the age limit.
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appointed Bishop Gerardo A. Alminaza as bishop of San Carlos (area
3,041, population 979,000, Catholics 867,000, priests 70, religious
88), Philippines. Bishop Alminaza, previously auxiliary of Jaro, was
born in San Jose, Philippines in 1959, was ordained to the priesthood
in 1986, and received episcopal ordination in 2008.
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