Vatican City, 2 June 2014 (VIS) – The
Holy Father has:
- accepted the resignation from the
pastoral care of the diocese of Paramaribo, Suriname, presented by
Bishop Wilhelmus de Bekker, upon reaching the age limit. He is
succeeded by Fr. Antonius te Dorshorst, O.M.I., as apostolic
administrator “sede vacante et at nutum Sanctae Sedis” of the
same diocese.
- appointed Fr. Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M.
as coadjutor of the diocese of Kaga-Bandoro (area 95,000, population
251,000, Catholics 91,691, priests 20, religious 20), Central African
Republic. The bishop-elect was born in Cieszyn, Poland in 1951 and
was ordained a priest in 1974. He holds a licentiate in theology from
the Institute of Science and Theology of Religions, Paris, France,
and has served in a number of pastoral roles, including: master of
novices in Mbujimayi and Lukafu, Democratic Republic of Congo, and
priest of the parishes of Obo and Rafai, Central African Republic. He
is currently master of postulants and head of formation in the
archdiocese of Bangui, head of the diocesan commission for
consecrated life, and member of the council of consultors.
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