Vatican City, 22 December 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has
- appointed Bishop Christopher J.
Coyne, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Indianapolis, U.S.A., as
bishop of Burlington (area 23,651, population 651,000, Catholics
123,700, priests 133, permanent deacons 43, religious 149), U.S.A.
- appointed Bishop Benjamin Ndiaye of
Kaolack, Senegal, as archbishop of Dakar (area 4,803, population
3,677,000, Catholics 455,000, priests 168, religious 645), Senegal.
He succeeds Cardinal Theodore-Adrien Sarr, whose resignation from the
pastoral care of the same archdiocese upon reaching the age limit was
accepted by the Holy Father.
- accepted the resignation from the
office of auxiliary of the diocese of Basel, Switzerland, presented
by Bishop Martin Gachter upon reaching the age limit.
- erected the new diocese of
Kuzhithurai (area 915, population 855,485, Catholics 264,222, priests
131, religious 269) India, with territory taken from the diocese of
Kottar, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan church of Madurai.
He appointed Fr. Jerome Dhas Varuvel, S.D.B., as first bishop of the
new diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Paduvoor, India in 1951,
gave his perpetual vows in 1981, and was ordained a priest in 1985.
He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and theology, and a
licentiate in education from the Pontifical Salesian University,
Rome, and has served in a number of roles, including vice rector of
the novitiate in Vellakinar, rector of the pre-novitiate in
Tirupattur and Maiyam, dean of the Salesian student body in Trichy,
parish priest and rector of the con-Cathedral of Madras-Mylapore,
provincial counsellor, director of Kalvi Solai in Tirupattur and in
Ennore, and director of Mount Don Bosco in Thalavadi. He is currently
master of novices in Yeallagiri Hills, Vellore.
On Saturday, 20 December, the Holy
Father appointed:
- Bishop Jose Guadalupe Torres Campos
of Gomez Palacio, Mexico, as bishop of Ciudad Juarez (area 29,639,
population 2,727,000, Catholics 2,318,000, priests 116, permanent
deacons 19, religious 206), Mexico. He succeeds Bishop Renato
Ascencio Leon, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
diocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.
- Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president
of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue as camerlengo
of the Holy Roman Church;
- Archbishop Giampiero Gloder,
apostolic nuncio and president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical
Academy, as vice camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church.
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