Vatican City, 15 June 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has:
- accepted the resignation from the
pastoral care of the archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis,
U.S.A., presented by Archbishop John C. Nienstedt, in accordance with
canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law. He has appointed
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda, coadjutor of Newark, U.S.A., as
apostolic administrator “sede vacante” of the Saint Paul and
Minneapolis.
- appointed Archbishop Petar Rajic,
currently apostolic nuncio in Kuwait, Bahrain, Yemen, Qatar and the
United Arab Emirates and apostolic delegate to the Arabian Peninsula,
as apostolic nuncio in Angola and Sao Tome and Principe.
On Saturday 13 June, the Holy Father
appointed Fr. Wieslaw Spiewak, C.R., as bishop of Hamilton (area 54,
population 64,237, Catholics 9,340, priests 6, religious 2), Bermuda.
The bishop-elect was born in Krakow, Poland in 1963 and was ordained
a priest in 1990. He holds a master's degree in theology from the
Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, and a licentiate in spiritual
theology from the Salesian Fathers in Rome. He has served in a number
of roles within the Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord
Jesus Christ, and is currently provincial superior in Poland and a
member of the Episcopal Commission for migrants. He succeeds Bishop
Robert Joseph Lurtz, C.R., whose resignation from the pastoral care
of the same diocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted by the
Holy Father.
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