Vatican City, 10 July 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has:
- appointed Fr. Joseph Mlola, ALCP/OSS,
as bishop of Kigoma (area 45,066, population 2,000,000, Catholics
515,701, priests 55, religious 165), Tanzania. The bishop-elect was
born in Mashati Rombo, Tanzania in 1966 and was ordained a priest in
1997. He studied dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Urbanian
University and has served in a number of pastoral roles, including
parish vicar of Nairagie Enkare, diocese of Ngong, Kenya; vice rector
of the Holy Spirit College, Morogoro, Tanzania; parish vicar of
Caliti, Italy, and vice rector of the St. Charles Lwanga
interdiocesan major seminary, Dar-es-Salaam. He is currently rector
of the St. Paul interdiocesan seminary in Kipalapala.
- appointed Fr. Luis Horacio Gomez
Gonzalez as apostolic vicar of Puerto Gaitan (area 56,500, population
140,000, Catholics 80,000, priests 41, religious 4), Colombia. The
bishop-elect was born in Salaminas-Caldas, Colombia in 1958 and was
ordained a priest in 1991. He has served in a number of pastoral
roles, including priest of several parishes in Castilla,
Aguadas-Caldas and Manizales, and is currently vicar for the
administration of the archdiocese of Manizales.
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