Vatican
City, 10 December 2013 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father:
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appointed Msgr. Jesus Fernandez Gonzalez as auxiliary of the
archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela (area 8,545, population
1,299,880, Catholics 1,191,800, priests 771, permanent deacons 11,
religious 1,289), Spain. The bishop-elect was born in Selga de
Ordain, Spain in 1955 and was ordained a priest in 1980. He holds a
licentiate in psychology from the Pontifical University of Salamanca,
Spain, and has served in a number of pastoral roles, including priest
in the parishes of Senra and Lazado; formator, professor and rector
in the minor seminary; ordinary professor in the Higher Centre for
Theological Studies, formator in the San Froilan major seminary;
priest in the parish of Cuadros and parish administrator of
Valsemana, and episcopal vicar for pastoral for the clergy. Since
2010 he has served as vicar general of the same diocese, moderator of
the Curia and advisor to the Pastoral Commission of the Spanish
Episcopal Conference.
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appointed Fr. Urban Federer, O.S.B., as ordinary abbot of the
territorial abbey of Maria Einsiedeln (area 1, population 70,
Catholics 70, priests 48, religious 150), Switzerland. The
abbot-elect was born in Zurigo-Fluntern, Switzerland in 1968 and was
ordained a priest in 1994. He holds a licentiate in German literature
and history, and a doctorate in medieval German studies, both from
the University of Fribourg. He also studied music and Gregorian chant
at the Fribourg Conservatory of Music. He has served as a lecturer in
religion, German language and history at the school in the Abbey of
Maria Einsiedeln, and of spirituality and Gregorian chant in the
theological institute of the same abbey, as well as prefect of
internships, teacher of novices, editor of the magazine “Salve”
and director of the monastic choir. Fr. Federer is currently dean and
vicar general of the same territorial abbey.
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