Vatican City, 5 April 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has:
- appointed Fr. Bruno Ateba Edo,
S.A.C., as bishop of Maroua-Mokolo (area 14,332, population
2,000,000, Catholics 70,000, priests 66, permanent deacons 10,
religious 134), Cameroon. The bishop-elect was born in Zoetele,
Cameroon in 1964, gave his perpetual vws in 1994 and was ordained a
priest in 1995. He holds a licentiate in pastoral theology from the
Pallottine Theological Institute in Vallendar, Germany. He has served
in a number of pastoral roles, including priest of the parish of
“Sts. Peter and Paul” in Mfoundi, Yaounde, Cameroon; rector of
the the Pallottine Theologate and of the basilica
“Marie-Reine-des-Apotres” at Mvolye, Yaounde; and regional rector
of the Pallottine Society for Cameroon and Nigeria. He is currently
president of the Conference of Major Superiors of Cameroon. He
succeeds Bishop Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens, whose resignation
from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted,
upon having reached the age limit.
- appointed Fr. Joseph Tran Van Toan as
auxiliary of Long Xuyen (area , population , Catholics , priests ,
permanent deacons , religious ), Vietnam. The bishop-elect was born
in Thai Binh, Vietnam in 1955 and was ordained a priest in 1992. He
holds a doctorate in education from the De La Salle University of
Manila, Philippines, and has served in a number of pastoral roles,
including vicar of the parish of “Our Lady of the Rosary” in Lang
Sen and vicar forane of Vinh Thanh in Long Xuyen. He is currently
director of the pastoral centre and coordinator of pastoral and
missionary activities for the diocese, rector of the minor seminary
of St. Theresa, and teacher of missiology at the interdiocesan major
seminary of Can Tho.
- appointed Bishop Francois Eid,
emeritus of Le Caire dei Maroniti and procurator in Rome for Antioch
of the Maronites, as a member of the Congregation for the Causes of
Saints.
- appointed Bishop Mansueto Bianchi,
previously bishop of Pistoia, as general ecclesiastical assistant of
Italian Catholic Action.
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