Vatican
City, 9 December 2013 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father:
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appointed Pr. Simon Kaipuram, C.M., as bishop of Balasore (area
25,118, population 8,974,200, Catholics 23,643, priests 53, religious
174), India. The bishop-elect was born in Thannermukkom, India, 1954
and was ordained a priest in 1980. He holds a doctorate from the
Gregorian Pontifical University, Rome, and has served in the
following pastoral roles: parish vicar in Aligonda and Mohana, in the
diocese of Berhampur, formator and professor at the Aquinas College,
Gopalpur, rector of the Vidya Sadan Theology House, Pune, formator,
professor and dean of studies at the Aquinas College, and formator at
the Vincenzian minor seminary of Baripada, Balasore. He is currently
rector and professor at the Aquinas College, diocesan consultor and
provincial assistant, and visiting professor in various Indian
seminaries and theological institutes. He succeeds Bishop Thomas
Thiruthalil, C.M., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the
same diocese, upon having reached the age limit, was accepted by the
Holy Father.
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accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the diocese
of Brno, Czech Republic, presented by Bishop Petr Esterka, upon
having reached the age limit.
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accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the diocese
of Lowicz, Poland, presented by Bishop Jozef Zawitkowski, upon having
reached the age limit.
On
Sunday, 8 December the Holy Father appointed Cardinal Peter Kodwo
Appiah Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council “Justice and
Peace” as his Special Envoy to the official ceremony in memory of
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the late former president of the Republic
of South Africa, to be held in Johannesburg on Tuesday 10 December,
2013.
On
Saturday, 7 December the Holy Father:
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appointed Rev. Georges Bizimana of the clergy of Ngozi, Burundi, as
coadjutor bishop of Bubanza (area 2,700, population 772,000,
Catholics 444,154, priests 40, permanent deacons 6, religious 50),
Burundi. The bishop-elect was born in Buraniro, Burundi in 1965 and
was ordained a priest in 1994. He holds a doctorate in moral theology
from the Alphonsian Academy of the Pontifical Lateran University,
Rome, and has served in the following pastoral roles: formator at the
minor seminary of Mureke, parish vicar in Gasenyi, parish priest of
Mubuga, chancellor of the diocesan and vocational animator, and
professor and subsequently rector at the “Jean Paul II” major
theological seminary of Gitega.
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appointed Msgr. Rudolf Pierskala as auxiliary bishop of Opole (area ,
population , Catholics , priests , permanent deacons , religious ),
Poland. The bishop-elect was born in Kedzierzyn-Kozle, Poland in 1959
and was ordained a priest in 1985. He holds a doctorate from the
Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, and has served in a number of
pastoral and academic roles, including lecturer in liturgy in the
Pastoral Institute of the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland;
director of the residence for priests emeritus in Opole, lecturer in
the faculty of theology in the University of Opole, pro-deacon in the
faculty of theology and member of the Senate of the University of
Opole, and member of the presbyteral Council. He is currently
chancellor of the Curia, episcopal vicar for divine worship and the
discipline of sacraments, member of the pastoral Council and the
diocesan cCouncil for the continuing formation of priests, and
adjunct professor in the University of Opole. He was named Chaplain
of His Holiness in 2006.
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appointed Osvaldo Gianoli as director of the Pontifical Villas at
Castelgandolfo.
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