Vatican City, 11 October 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has:
- appointed Bishop Djalwana Laurent
Lompo as metropolitan archbishop of the archdiocese of Niamey (area
200,000, population 7,637,000, Catholics 20,600, priests 39,
religious 81), Niger. Msgr. Djalwana Laurent Lompo, currently
auxiliary of the same diocese, succeeds Archbishop Michel
Carteteguy, S.M.A., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the
archdiocese, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of
Canon Law, was accepted by the Holy Father.
- appointed Archbishop Vincenzo Pelvi,
military ordinary emeritus of Italy, as metropolitan archbishop of
Foggia-Bovino (area 1,666, population 215,000, Catholics 212,000,
priests 154, permanent deacons 10, religious 228), Italy. He succeeds
Archbishop Francesco Pio Tamburrino, whose resignation from the
pastoral care of the same archdiocese upon reaching the age limit was
accepted by the Holy Father.
- appointed Bishop Jan Piotrowski,
auxiliary of Tarnow, Poland, as bishop of Kielce (area 8,319,
population 813,525, Catholics 768,743, priests 729, religious 437),
Poland. He succeeds Bishop Kazimierz Ryczan, 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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