Vatican City, 3 December 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has:
- appointed Rev. Ivan Pereira as bishop
of Jammu-Srinagar (area 222,236, population 13,849,892, Catholics
18,161, priests 61, religious 214), India. The bishop-elect was born
in Vasai, India in 1964 and was ordained a priest in 1993. He holds a
B.A. in education and a Master's degree in English, and has served in
a number of pastoral and administrative roles, including parish vicar
in Jammu; parish priest in various parishes, including the Cathedral
and “Our Lady of Fatima”, Srinagar; rector of St. Paul's minor
seminary, Akalpur, Jammu; secretary of the Regional Catholic Council
of North India; and president of the Regional Conference of Diocesan
Priests, North India. He is currently director of the Diocesan
Education Board of the diocese of Jammu-Srinagar and principal of the
Burn Hall Higher Secondary School, Srinagar. He succeeds Bishop Peter
Celestine Elampassery, whose resignation from the pastoral care of
the same diocese was accepted by the Holy Father, upon having reached
the age limit.
- appointed Bishop Odelir Jose Magri,
M.C.C.J., of Sobral, Brazil, as bishop of Chapeco (area 15,663,
population 772,000, Catholics 635,000, priests 85, religious 223),
Brazil.
- appointed Bishop Zanoni Demettino
Castro of Sao Mateus as coadjutor archbishop of Feira de Santana
(area 6,730, population 963,000, Catholics 895,000, priests 73,
permanent deacons 9, religious 157), Brazil.
- appointed Bishop Waldemar Passini
Dalbello, auxiliary of Goiania, Brazil, as coadjutor bishop of
Luziania (area 16,424, population 776,000, Catholics 624,000, priests
55, permanent deacons 4, religious 100), Brazil.
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