Vatican City, May 2015 (VIS) – The
Holy Father has appointed Rev. Fr. Benny Mario Travas as bishop of
Multan (area 98,705, population 38,400,000, Catholics 198,000,
priests 16, religious 36), Pakistan. The bishop-elect was born in
Karachi, Pakistan in 1966 and was ordained a priest in 1990. He holds
a licentiate in canon law from Pontifical Urbanian University of Rome
and has served in a number of pastoral and academic roles in the
archdiocese of Karakchi, including vicar general, rector of the St.
Pius X minor seminary, lecturer at the National Catholic Institute of
Theology, judge of the ecclesiastical tribunal, and member of the
college of consultors and presbyteral council. He is currently
apostolic administrator of the diocese of Multan.
Friday, May 29, 2015
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