Vatican City, 19 November 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has:
- appointed Rev. Fr. Hilario Gonzalez
Garcia as bishop of Linares (area 33,453, population 407,000,
Catholics 360,000, priests 42, religious 58), Mexico. The
bishop-elect was born in Monterrey, Mexico in 1965 and was ordained a
priest in 1995. He holds a licentiate from the Pontifical University
of Mexico and has served in a number of pastoral roles in the
archdiocese of Monterrey, including spiritual director, prefect of
studies in philosophy and vice rector of the major seminary; chaplain
in various female religious communities; and executive secretary of
the Commission for Ecumenism and Dialogue of the Mexican Episcopal
Conference. He is currently rector of the major seminary of
Monterrey. He succeeds Bishop Ramon Calderon Batres, whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese upon reaching
the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.
- appointed Rene Bruelhart, director of
the Financial Information Authority (AIF), as president of the same
Authority.
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