Vatican City, 26 January 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has:
- appointed Msgr. Stefan Hesse as
archbishop of Hamburg (area 32,493, population 5,797,975, Catholics
397,331, priests 248, permanent deacons 60, religious 221), Germany.
The bishop-elect was born in Cologne, Germany in 1966 and was
ordained a priest in 1993. He studied theology in Bonn and
Regensburg, and holds a doctorate in dogmatic theology from the High
School of the Pallottine Fathers in Vallendar. He has served as
parish priest in a number of parishes in the archdiocese of Cologne,
and is currently canon of the Metropolitan Chapter of Cologne and
vicar general. He served as diocesan administrator from March to
September 2014.
- restored the title of metropolitan
archdiocese to Cashel and Emly, Ireland. Archbishop Kieran O'Reilly,
currently metropolitan archbishop of Cashel and apostolic
administrator of Emly, was appointed as metropolitan archbishop of
the new ecclesiastical circumscription.
On Saturday, 24 January the Holy Father
appointed Fr. Ivica Petanjak, O.F.M. Cap., as bishop of Krk (area
1,119, population 40,447, Catholics 35,499, priests 79, religious
110), Croatia. The bishop-elect was born in Drenje, Croatia in 1963,
gave his perpetual vows in 1988 and was ordained a priest in 1990. He
holds a bachelor's degree in theology from the faculty of theology in
Zagreb, Croatia, and a doctorate in church history from the
Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. He has served in a number of
pastoral roles, including deputy master of seminarians, parish vicar
and hospital chaplain in Split, master of clerics, provincial
minister, parish priest of the “Our Lady of Lourdes” parish in
Rijeka and master of postulants. He is currently guardian of the
Capuchin monastery of Osijek and provincial definitor. He succeeds
Bishop Valter Zupan, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the
same diocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy
Father.
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