Vatican City, 23 July 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed Fr. Jan Kot O.M.I. as bishop of Ze Doca
(area 35,110, population 332,000, Catholics 305,000, priests 25,
permanent deacons 1, religious 30), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born
in Mokon, Poland in 1962, gave his perpetual vows in 1986 and was
ordained a priest in 1992. He holds a licentiate history of the
Church from the University of Rybnik, Poland, and has served as
priest in the parishes of Siedlce, Poland, and in Jussarval and
subsequently Vitoria di Santo Antao, in the archdiocese of Olinda and
Recife, Brazil. He is currently priest of the “Sagrado Coracao de
Maria” parish in Campo Alegre do Fidalgo, Brazil. He succeeds
Bishop Carlo Ellena, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the
same diocese, upon reaching the age limit, was accepted by the Holy
Father.
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