Vatican City, 30 March 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed:
- Fr. Alberto Vera Arejula, O. de M.,
as auxiliary of the diocese of Xai-Xai (area 75,709, population
1,664,000, Catholics 298,000, priests 27, religious 81), Mozambique.
The bishop-elect was born in Aguilar del Rio Alhama, Spain in 1957,
gave his solemn vows in 1981, and was ordained a priest in the same
year. He studied theology and psychology and, in his pastoral
ministry has served in a number of roles including parish vicar,
formator of postulants and promoter of vocations in the Vicariate of
Central America in Guatemala; provincial counsellor and head of youth
and vocational pastoral ministry for the Province of Aragon, Spain;
formator of the community, superior of the Community of
Matola-Mozambiqye, rector of studies of the Mercedarian Seminary,
parish priest, primary and secondary school director, and diocesan
counsellor for Caritas in Maputo, Mozambique. He is currently
provincial delegate for the Mercedarian Fathers in Mozambique and
parish priest in Xai-Xai.
On Sunday, 29 March, the Holy Father
appointed Bishop Michael Goro Matsuura, auxiliary of the archdiocese
of Osaka, Japan, as bishop of Nagoya (area 25,306, population
12,379,569, Catholics 26,666, priests 115, permanent deacons 3,
religious 268), Japan. He succeeds Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura,
whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese upon
reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.
On Saturday, 28 March, the Holy Father
accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of
Makurdi, Nigeria, presented by Bishop Athanasius Atule Usuh, in
accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law. He is
succeeded by Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, C.M.F., coadjutor of the
same diocese.
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