Vatican City, 21 May 2015 (VIS) – The
Holy Father has:
- accepted the resignation from the
pastoral care of the archdiocese of Merida-Badajoz, Spain, presented
by Bishop Santiago Garcia Aracil upon reaching the age limit. He is
succeeded by Bishop Celso Moga Iruzubieta, coadjutor of the same
archdiocese.
- appointed Rev. Fr. Dominique Blanchet
as bishop of Belfort-Montbeliard (area 1,472, population 327,800,
Catholics 249,500, priests 73, permanent deacons 14, religious 36),
France. The bishop-elect was born in Cholet, France in 1966 and was
ordained a priest in 1999. He has served in a number of pastoral
roles in the diocese of Angers, France, including episcopal delegate
for youth pastoral ministry and parish priest. He is currently vicar
general of the diocese of Angers, moderator of the Curia,
administrator of the parish of Chalonnes-sur-Loire and parish priest
of the parish of Sts. Lazarus and Nicholas in Angers.
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