Vatican City, 17 February 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Gervas John Mwasikwabhila
Nyaisonga of Dodoma, Tanzania, as bishop of Mpanda (area 46,346,
population 551,000, Catholics 314,725, priests 17, religious 38),
Tanzania.
On Saturday, 15 February, the Holy
Father appointed Fr. Waldo Ruben Barrinuevo Ramirez, C.Ss.R:, as
auxiliary of the apostolic vicariate of Reyes (area 60,000,
population 152,000, Catholics 114,000, priests 5, permanent deacons
1, religious 32), Bolivia. The bishop-elect was born in Oruro,
Bolivia in 1967, gave his perpetual vows in 1996, and was ordained a
priest in 1997. He carried out his studies in philosophy and theology
at the seminary of Cochabamba, and has served in the following
pastoral roles: member and later superior of missionary team in Santa
Cruz de la Sierra and extraordinary counsellor of the province;
collaborator with the master of novices in Oruro; provincial vicar
and master of novices; and priest in the parish of “Nuestra Senora
de la Paz” in Cochabamba. Since 2010 he has studied in the
Pontifical Gregorian University.
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