Vatican City, 3 November 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care
of the diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, presented by Bishop Jesus Moline
Labarta upon reaching the age limit. He has appointed Rev. Fr. Robert
Francis Prevost, O.S.A., as apostolic administrator of the same
diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. in
1955, gave his solemn vows in 1981 and was ordained a priest in 1982.
He holds a degree in canon law from the Pontifical University of St.
Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome, and has served in a number of
pastoral roles, including chancellor of the diocese of Chulucanas,
Peru; promoter of vocational pastoral care and director of missions
of his Order in the Province of Chicago, U.S.A.; director of the
seminary of his Order in Trujillo, Peru, and prior general of the
Augustinian Province of Chicago. He is currently director of
formation in the Convent of St. Augustine in Chicago and provincial
vicar of the Province Our Lady of Good Counsel.
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