Vatican City, 18 June 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has:
- appointed Bishop Philippe Mousset of
Pamiers, France, as bishop of Perigueux (area 9,060, population
412,082, Catholics 355,900, priests 91, permanent deacons 9,
religious 184), France. He succeeds Bishop Michel Mouisse, whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese, upon having
reached the age limit, was accepted by the Holy Father.
- appointed Bishop Segundo Rene Coba
Galarza, auxiliary of Quito, Ecuador, as military ordinary of Ecuador
(priests 60, religious 10). He succeeds Bishop Miguel Angel Aguilar
Miranda, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
military ordinariate, upon having reached the age limit, was accepted
by the Holy Father.
- appointed Msgr. Luis Gabriel Ramirez
Diaz, as bishop of El Banco (area 12,535, population 484,000,
Catholics 449,000, priests 20, religious 16), Colombia. The
bishop-elect, currently apostolic administrator of the same diocese,
was born in Margarita, Colombia in 1965 and was ordained a priest in
1993. He has served in a number of pastoral roles, including priest
of the parish of “San Pedro martir de Verona”, administrator of
the parish of “La Inmaculada Concepcion” in Remolino, vocational
promoter, formator and rector of the “San Jose” major seminary of
the diocese of Santa Marta, priest of the parish of “San
Sebastian”, delegate for priestly pastoral in the diocese of El
Banco, priest of the parish of “La Inmaculada Concepcion” in
Plato, and vicar general of El Banco.
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