Vatican City, 8 October 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has:
- appointed Bishop Fausto Tardelli of
San Miniato, Italy, as bishop of Pistoia (area 821, population
228,600, Catholics 219,300, priests 119, permanent deacons 22,
religious 178), Italy.
- Bishop Celso Morga Iruzubieta,
secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy, as coadjutor of the
archdiocese of Merida-Badajoz (area 17,405, population 597,300,
Catholics 588,100, priests 311, religious 637), Spain.
- appointed Msgr. Levi Bonatto, of the
personal prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, as auxiliary of
the archdiocese of Goiania (area 13,320, population 2,024,000,
Catholics 1,221,000, priests 208, permanent deacons 14, religious
573), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Sao Jose dos Pinhais,
Brazil in 1957 and was ordained a priest in 1996. He holds a degree
in economics from the Federal University of the State of Parana and a
degree in canon law from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
in Rome, and has served in a number of pastoral roles, including
chaplain of the “Castelo” cultural centre in Campinas and of the
“Alfa e Esplanada” cultural centre in Sao Jose dos Campos;
spiritual father for seminarians in the diocese of Sao Jose dos
Campos; chaplain of the “Os Pinhais” professional centre for
girls with limited economic resources, and professor of canon law and
theology at the “Studium Generale” of Opus Dei in Sao Paulo. He
is currently chaplain of the “Marumbi” cultural centre,
coordinator of the “Santa Cruz” priestly society in the State of
Parana and confessor at the “Sao Jose” minor seminary of
Curitiba.
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