Vatican
City, 25 November 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father:
Accepted
the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the archdiocese of
Eger, Hungary, presented by Archbishop Istvan Katona, upon having
reached the age limit.
On
Saturday, 23 November, the Holy Father:
-
appointed Fr. Medardo de Jesus Henao del Rio, M.X.Y., as apostolic
vicar of Mitu (area 54,000, population 40,000, Catholics 37,000,
priests 5, religious 16), Colombia. The bishop-elect was born in
Liborina, Colombia in 1967 and was ordained to the priesthood in
1999. He holds a licentiate in theology from the Pontifical Xavierian
University in Bogota, and has served in a number of pastoral and
administrative roles, including missionary, chancellor and
co-ordinator of education in the apostolic vicariate of Mitu; and
deputy master of novices. He is currently master of novices.
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