Vatican City, 11 May 2015 (VIS) – The
Holy Father has appointed Rev. Fr. Jorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael,
C.S.C., as bishop prelate of the territorial prelature of Chuquibamba
(area 22,151, population 153,100, Catholics 136,600, priests 32,
religious 62), Peru. The bishop-elect was born in Casma, Peru in
1968, gave his solemn vows in 1996, and was ordained a priest in
1997. He holds a diploma in pastoral theology from the Weston Jesuit
School of Theology in Boston, U.S.A., and has served in a number of
pastoral roles, including rector of the San Jose House of Formation
of the Congregation of the Holy Cross in the diocese of Chosica;
member of the Council of the district of Peru for his Congregation;
assistant to the superior and parish priest. He is current assistant
general of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, director of formation
and superior of the International House of Formation of his
Congregation in Santiago de Chile. He succeeds Bishop Mario Busquets
Jorda, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
territorial prelature upon reaching the age limit was accepted by the
Holy Father.
On Saturday 9 May the Holy Father
appointed Msgr. Michal Janocha as auxiliary of Warsaw (area 3,350,
population 1,540,000, Catholics 1,425,000, priests 1,192, permanent
deacons 2, religious 2,599), Poland. The bishop-elect was born in
Warsaw, Poland in 1959 and was ordained a priest in 1987. He holds a
doctorate in history and history of art from the Academy of Catholic
Theology of Warsaw, and has served in a number of roles including
parish vicar and catechist at Izabelin, chaplain of the centre for
the blind and partially-sighted in Laski, lecturer at the Cardinal
Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw, and spiritual director of the
major seminary of Warsaw. He is currently lecturer in hisotory of art
at the state University of Warsaw, member of the diocesan commission
for art and architecture, director of the library and confessor for
seminarians at the major seminary. In 2004 he was name Chaplain of
His Holiness.
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