Vatican City, 10 July 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed:
- Bishop Dominique Lebrun of
Saint-Etienne, France, as metropolitan archbishop of Rouen (area
4,228, population 868,500, Catholics 652,000, priests 135, permanent
deacons 19, religious 218), France.
- Fr. George Bugeja, O.F.M., as
coadjutor of the apostolic vicariate of Tripoli (area 1,000,000,
population 6,204,000, Catholics 50,000, priests 1, religious 11),
Libya. The bishop-elect was born in Xaghara, Malta in 1962, gave his
solemn vows in 1983, and was ordained a priest in 1986. He holds a
diploma in journalism and has served in a number of pastoral and
administrative roles including guardian of the communities of Hamrun,
Rabat, Gozo and Sliema; parish priest in Sliiema; auditor of the
ecclesiastical tribunal and official in the Congregation for the
Evangelisation of Peoples. He is currently guardian of the convent of
St. Anthony of Padua in Ghajnsielem, Gozo.
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