Vatican City, 20 February 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has:
- appointed Fr. Damiano Giulio
Guzzetti, M.C.C.J., as bishop of Moroto (area 14,857, population
470,000, Catholics 229,368, priests 35, religious 109), Uganda. The
bishop-elect was born in Turate, Italy in 1959, gave his solemn vows
in 1989, and was ordained a priest in 1989. He has served in a number
of pastoral roles, including parish vicar in “Namalu” and “Naoi”,
and priest of the parish of “Matanynella”, in the diocese of
Moroto; member of the provincial council of the Congregation of
Comboni Missionaries in Uganda, formator of postulants in his
Congregation in Uganda, and bursar and lecturer at the Queen of
Apostle Philosophy Centre in Jinja, Uganda. He succeeds Bishop Henry
Apaloryamam Ssentongo, whose resignation, upon having reached the age
limit, was accepted by the Holy Father.
- appointed Msgr. Olivier Leborgne as
bishop of Amiens (area 6,277, population 586,200, Catholics 503,200,
priests 88, permanent deacons 16, religious 197), France. The
bishop-elect was born in Nantes, France in 1963 and was ordained a
priest in 1991. He has served in a number of pastoral roles,
including parish vicar in Elancourt-Maurepas, priest of the parish
“St. Bernadette” in Versailles, and episcopal vicar for
formation. Since 2004 he has held the role of vicar general of the
diocese of Versailles.
- appointed Msgr. Carl Allan Kemme as
bishop of Wichita (area 51,955, population 994,000, Catholics
126,800, priests 123, permanent deacons 4, religious 259), U.S.A. The
bishop-elect was born in Effingham, Illinois in 1960 and was ordained
a priest in 1986. He has served in a number of pastoral roles,
including priest of the parish of “St. Mary” in Brussels, “St.
Joseph” in Meppen and the “Holy Family Parish” in Decatur,
parish administrator of “Our Lady of the Holy Spirit” in Mt.
Zion, vicar forane in the Decatur deanery, priest-moderator of the
“St. James Parish” in Decatur, priest in the “St. Peter Parish”
in Petersburg and the “St. John Vianney Parish” in Sherman, and
diocesan administrator. He has served as vicar general and moderator
of the Curia since 2010. In 2002 he was named Prelate of Honour of
His Holiness.
- appointed Msgr. Peter Baldacchino as
auxiliary of the archdiocese of Miami (area 12,836, population
4,369,000, Catholics 874,000, priests 379, permanent deacons 161,
religious 399), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Sliema, Malta in
1960 and and was ordained a priest in 1996. He holds a Master of
Divinity from Seton Hall University, South Orange, U.S.A., and has
served in the following pastoral roles: vicar of the parish of “Our
Lady of Mount Carmel” in Ridgewood, chancellor of the “Missio sui
iuris” of Turks and Caicos, and priest of the parish of “Our Lady
of Divine Providence” on the island of Providenciales. In 2002 he
was named Chaplain of His Holiness.
- appointed Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko,
president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, as special envoy
to the celebration of the 650th anniversary of the consecration of
the Cathedral of Krakow, to be held on 28 March 2014.
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