Vatican City, 12 February 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed:
- Fr. Luc Crey, C.J.M., as bishop of
Puy-en-Velay (area 5,000, population 231,877, Catholics 181,700,
priests 147, permanent deacons 10, religious 459), France. The
bishop-elect was born in Lille, France in 1958, gave his perpetual
vows in 1988 and was ordained a priest in 1989. He holds a doctorate
in biology and a licentiate in theology, and has served in a number
of roles in the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists), as rector
of the interdiocesan seminary of Orleans, president of the Conference
of Major Superiors in France, and pontifical commissioner for the
province of France and Switzerland of the Societe des Filles du Coeur
de Marie. He is currently procurator general of the Congregation of
Eudists in Rome.
- Fr. Francois Gnonhossou, S.M.A., as
bishop of Dassa-Zoume (area 13,931, population 717,772, Catholics
217,401, priests 85, religious 65), Benin. The bishop-elect was born
in Dassa-Zoume, Benin in 1961, gave his religious vows in 1996, and
was ordained a priest in 1997. He holds a licentiate in civil law and
a bachelor's degree in theology, he has served in a number of
pastoral roles, including parish priest in Guffanti, Nigeria;
chaplain of the Apprentis d'Auteil in Paris; vice-superior and
subsequently superior of the S.M.A. district in formation Africa,
assistant in various parishes in the diocese of Sault Sainte Marie,
Ontario, Canada; parish vicar of St. Sylvain, Montreal, Canada, and
bursar of the local community. He is currently general counsel of the
Society of African Missions in Rome.
- Msgr. Fernando Chica Arellano,
nunciature counsellor, as Holy See permanent observer at the United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (F.A.O.), International
Fund for Agricultural Development (I.F.A.D.), and World Food
Programme (W.F.P.).
On Wednesday, 11 February, the Holy
Father appointed:
- Bishop Juan Nsue Edjang Maye of
Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea, as archbishop of Malabo (area 2,034,
population 312,000, Catholics 283,000, priests 37, religious 106),
Equatorial Guinea. He succeeds Archbishop Ildefonso Obama Obono whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese, upon
reaching the age limit, was accepted by the Holy Father.
- Fr. Ernest Ngboko Ngombe, C.I.C.M.,
as bishop of Lisala (area 67,674, population 1,683,000, Catholics
897,000, priests 66, religious 124), Democratic Republic of Congo.
The bishop-elect was born in Kanya Mbonda, Democratic Republic of
Congo in 1964, gave his perpetual vows in 1987, and was ordained a
priest in 1996. He studied philosophy and theology in Yaounde,
Cameroon, and theology at the Catholic Theological Union (C.T.S.),
U.S.A. He has served as a missionary and parish priest in Dakar,
Senegal; superior of the autonomous C.I.C.M. district of Senegal for
three consecutive mandates; rector of the theological seminary of
Cameroon and coordinator of the C.I.C.M. for the Region Africa. He is
currently vicar general of his Congregation in Rome.
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