Vatican City, 1 June 2015 (VIS) – The
Holy Father has appointed:
- Bishop Gustavo Rodriguez Vega of
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, as metropolitan archbishop of Yucatan (area
39,612, population 2,064,151, Catholics 1,655,449, priests 237,
permanent deacons 37, religious 700), Mexico. He succeeds Archbishop
Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzaran, whose resignation upon reaching the
age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.
On Saturday 30 May, the Holy Father
appointed:
- Bishop Orlando Roa Barbosa, auxiliary
of Ibague, Colombia, as bishop of Espinal (area 14,000, population
484,000, Catholics 437,000, priests 92, religious 71), Colombia.
- Rev. Fr. Eugene Joseph as bishop of
Varanasi (area 21,296, population 21,165,000, Catholics 19,536,
priests 154, religious 675), India. The bishop-elect was born in
Madurai, India in 1958 and ordained a priest in 1985. He holds a
bachelor's degree in education from the Gorakhpur University,
Varanasi; a master's degree in English from the Mahatma Gandhi K.V.
University, Varanasi, and a masters in business administration from
the Townsend School of Business, New York, U.S.A.
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