Vatican
City, 11 November 2013 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father:
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accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the apostolic
vicariate of Nekemte, Ethiopia, presented by Bishop Theodorus van
Ruijven, upon having reached the age limit. He is succeeded by Bishop
Varghese Thottamkara, coadjutor of the same apostolic vicariate.
On
Saturday, 9 November the Holy Father:
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appointed Msgr. Mark O'Toole as bishop of Plymouth (area 12,831,
population 3,494,000, Catholics 68,685, priests 103, permanent
deacons 31, religious 133), England. The bishop-elect was born in
London, England in 1963 and was ordained a priest for the archdiocese
of in 1990. He holds degrees from the University of Leicester,
Heythrop College Faculty of Theology, Campion Hall Oxford, and the
Pontifical University of Louvain. He has served in a number of roles,
such as deputy priest of Willesden Green, dean of studies and
subsequently rector of the Allen Hall seminary, Westminster, and
personal secretary of Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor. He is a member
of the ethical committee of the St. John and St. Elizabeth Hospital
in London, and of the Heythrop College Faculty of Theology.
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appointed Professors Shinya Yamanaka, lecturer in cellular biology of
the University of Kyoto, Japan, and Juan Martin Maldacena, lecturer
in theoretical physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in
Princeton, U.S.A., as ordinary members of the Pontifical Academy of
Sciences.
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appointed Professor Stefano Zamagni, lecturer in economics at the
University of Bologna, as ordinary members of the Pontifical Academy
of Social Sciences.
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