Vatican City, 8 April 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has:
- accepted the resignation from the
office of auxiliary of the archdiocese of Morelia, Mexico, presented
by Archbishop Octavio Villegas Aguilar upon reaching the age limit.
On Tuesday, 7 April, the Holy Father
appointed:
- Rev. Fr. Ernesto Jose Romero Rivas,
O.F.M. Cap., as apostolic vicar of Tucupita (area 40,200, population
167,676, Catholics 120,000, priests 8, religious 20), Venezuela. The
bishop-elect was born in Machiques, Venezuela in 1960, gave his
solemn vows in 1990, and was ordained a priest in the same year. He
holds a licentiate in catechetics from the Pontifical Salesian
University in Rome and has served in a number of roles, including
parish administrator in Tucupita; and master of post-novices,
counsellor, superior, rector, bursar and vice provincial counsellor
of the Order of Friars Minor in Venezuela. He is currently pro-vicar
of Tucupita and parish priest.
- appointed Rev. Fr. Vincent Aind as
bishop of Bagdogra (area 1,200, population 1,015,000, Catholics
54,301, priests 58, religious 185), India. The bishop-elect was born
in Kalchini, India in 1955 and was ordained a priest in 1984. He
holds a doctorate in philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian
University, Rome, and has served in a number of roles, including
parish vicar and parish priest in the diocese of Jalpaiguri;
lecturer, spiritual director, rector and dean of the Morning Star
regional seminary, Barrackpore; and principal of the Morning Star
College. He is currently diocesan consulter and member of the council
for economic affairs of the diocese of Jalpaiguri, and regional
secretary of the Commission for the Clergy, Religious and Seminarians
of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Bengal.
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