On
Saturday, 28 September, the Holy Father:
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appointed Bishop Julito B. Cortes as bishop of Dumaguete (area 4,955,
population 1,172,000, Catholics 1,034,000, priests 104, religious
125), Philippines. Bishop Cortes, previously auxiliary of Cebu, was
born in Paranaque, Philippines in 1956, was ordained to the
priesthood in 1980, and received episcopal ordination in 2002.
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appointed Bishop Paul Bui Van Doc as coadjutor archbishop of Ho Chi
Minh Ville (area 2,093, population 7,365,520, Catholics 685,707,
priests 658, religious 5,900), Vietnam. Archbishop-elect Bui Van Doc,
previously bishop of My Tho, Vietnam, was appointed as apostolic
administrator “sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis” of the
diocese of My Tho, Vietnam.
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Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the
Evangelisation of Peoples, as special envoy to the celebration of the
Fourth American Missionary Congress (CAM4) and the Ninth Missionary
Congress of Latin America (COMLA9), scheduled to take place in
Maracaibo, Venezuela on 1 December 2013.
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