Vatican City, 9 February 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care
of the diocese of Dili, East Timor, presented by Bishop Alberto
Ricardo Da Silva, in accordance with canon 401, para. 2 of the Code
of Canon Law.
On Sunday, 8 February, the Holy Father
appointed Rev. Fr. Atanasio Amisse Canira as bishop of Lichinga (area
129,638, population 1,414,156, Catholics 236,000, priests 39,
religious 72), Mozambique. The bishop-elect was born in Mossoril,
Mozambique in 1962 and was ordained a priest in 1993. He holds a
diploma in theology and has served in pastoral roles as parish
priest, spiritual director of the seminary, episcopal vicar and vicar
general of the diocese of Nacala, Mozambique. He is currently
national director of Pontifical Missionary Works and succeeds Bishop
Elio Greselin, S.C.I., whose resignation from the pastoral care of
the same diocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted.
On Saturday, 7 February, the Holy
Father appointed:
- Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor,
archbishop emeritus of Westminster, as his special envoy to the
celebrations in honour of St. John Ogilvie, S.J., on the fourth
centenary of his martyrdom, to be held in Glasgow on 9 and 10 March
2015.
- Msgr. Franc Sustar as auxiliary of
the archdiocese of Ljubljana (area 6,134, population 776,336,
Catholics 554,417, priests 420, permanent deacons 21, religious 546),
Slovenia. The bishop-elect was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 1959
and was ordained a priest in 1985. He holds a doctorate in Theology
from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, and has served in a
number of pastoral roles, including pastoral vicar of the parish of
Ljubljana-Moste; rector of the major seminary of Ljubljana; parish
priest and dean for two mandates in the parish of Gosuplje; and
parish priest of the Cathedral of St. Nicholas. He is currently
rector of the major seminary of Ljubljana.
- Bishop Luigi Marrucci of
Civitavecchia-Tarquinia as member of the Congregation for the Causes
of Saints.
- Lieutenant Colonel Christoph Graf as
Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, with the rank of Colonel.
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