Vatican City, 25 September 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy See Press Office today published the following note
regarding the succession of the bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay,
Msgr. Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano.
“Following a careful examination of
the conclusions drawn following the apostolic visits carried out by
the Congregation for Bishops and the Congregation for the Clergy to
the bishop, the diocese and the seminarians of Ciudad del Este, the
Holy Father has decided to substitute Bishop Rogelio Livieres Plano
and has appointed Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios of Villarrica
del Espiritu Santo as apostolic administrator of the diocese of
Ciudad del Este.
“This was a difficult decision on the
part of the Holy See, taken for serious pastoral reasons and for the
greater good of the unity of the Church in Ciudad del Este and the
episcopal communion in Paraguay.
“The Holy Father, in the exercise of
his ministry as the 'perpetual and visible foundation of the unity of
both the bishops and the multitude of the faithful', asked the clergy
and all the People of God of Ciudad del Este to accept the Holy See's
decision with a spirit of obedience and docility and without
prejudice, guided by faith.
“On the other hand, the Church in
Paraguay, guided by her pastors, is invited to embark on a serious
process of reconciliation in order to overcome any form of
sectarianism or discord, so as not to harm the countenance of the one
Church, 'born of the blood of His Son' and so that Christ's flock may
not be deprived of the joy of the Gospel”.
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