Vatican City, 5 June 2015 (VIS) – The
Holy Father has:
- accepted the resignation from the
office of auxiliary of the archdiocese of Cologne, Germany, presented
by Bishop Manfred Melzer, in accordance with canons 401 para. 2 and
411 of the Code of Canon Law.
- Fr. Oscar Munera Ochoa as apostolic
vicar of Tierradentro (area 2,087, population 68,000, Catholics
64,000, priests 15, religious 17), Colombia. The bishop-elect was
born in San Pedro de los Milagros, Colombia in 1962 and was ordained
a priest in 1988. He holds a licentiate in philosophy and religious
sciences at the Catholic University of Oriente, Colombia and a
diploma in “Missione ad gentes y etnias” from the Pontifical
Xavierian University, Bogota, Colombia. He has served in a number of
pastoral roles in the diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos, including parish
vicar, spiritual director and subsequently rector of the Apostolic
School in Liborina, diocesan delegate for youth and vocational
pastoral ministry, director of the department of youth in the
Episcopal Conference of Colombia; episcopal vicar for the western
sector of the diocese; vicar for pastoral ministry and bursar, and
director of the department for missions of the Episcopal Conference
of Colombia. He is currently parish priest of the “Senor de los
Milagros de San Pedro” parish.
- appointed Libero Milone as auditor
general of the Holy See and Vatican City State.
On Thursday 4 June, the Holy Father
appointed Bishop Joseph Dinh Duc Dao, auxiliary of Xuan Loc,
Vietnam, as coadjutor of the same diocese.
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