Vatican City, 4 November 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed:
- Bishop Peter F. Christensen of
Superior, U.S.A., as bishop of Boise City (area 218,272, population
1,584,985, Catholics 174,348, priests 91, permanent deacons 75,
religious 91), U.S.A. He succeeds Bishop Michael P. Driscoll, whose
resignation from the same diocese upon having reached the age limit
was accepted by the Holy Father.
- Bishop Christopher Kakooza, auxiliary
of Kampala, Uganda, as bishop of Lugazi (area 4,595, population
1,549,134, Catholics 667,362, priests 80, religious 209), Uganda. He
succeeds Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya, whose resignation from the
pastoral care of the same diocese upon having reached the age limit
was accepted by the Holy Father.
- Bishop Adolfo Armando Uriona, F.D.P.,
of Anatuya, Argentina as bishop of Villa de la Concepcion del Rio
Cuarto (area 58,519, population 466,000, Catholics 443,000, priests
93, permanent deacons 10, religious 82), Argentina.
- Rev. Fr. Carlos Enrique Trinidad
Gomez as bishop of San Marcos (area 3,791, population 982,000,
Catholics 637,000, priests 45, religious 103), Guatemala. The
bishop-elect was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1955 and was
ordained a priest in 1984. He holds a licentiate in theology and
liturgy from the Higher Institute of Liturgy in Barcelona, Spain, and
has served in a number of pastoral and academic roles, as parish
priest and episcopal vicar in the diocese of Santiago de Guatemala
and as lecturer, bursar and rector of the interdiocesan major
seminary.
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