Vatican City, 17 October 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed:
- Msgr. Francesco Manenti as bishop of
Senigallia, (area 580, population 130,012, Catholics 121,260, priests
86, permanent deacons 11, religious 110), Italy. The bishop-elect was
born in Sergnano, Italy in 1963 and was ordained a priest in 1975. He
holds a licentiate in theology from the theological faculty of
northern Italy in Milan, and has served in a number of pastoral roles
in the diocese of Crema, including parish vicar at the Cathedral,
chaplain, spiritual director of the episcopal seminary, teacher at
the “Dante Alighieri” diocesan school, head of the diocesan
centre for spirituality and diocesan director of the family office.
He is currently vicar general of the diocese of Crema, parish priest,
lecturer in theology and member of the Commission for the permanent
formation of the clergy. He succeeds Bishop Giuseppe Orlandoni, whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese upon reaching
the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.
- Msgr. José Melitón Chávez as
bishop of Añatuya (area 68,000, population 155,800, Catholics
138,000, priests 43, religious 110), Argentina. The bishop-elect was
born in Romera Pozo in Argentina in 1957, and was ordained a priest
in 1985. He has served in various roles in the archdiocese of
Tucumán, including parish vicar, pastor, vicar forane, formator,
vice rector and rector of the major seminary of Tucumán, assessor
for Catholic Action, vicar general, episcopal vicar for soliarity and
member of the pastoral council and college of consultors. He is
currently pastor of the El Salvador parish.
- Msgr. José Luis Henao Cadavid as
bishop of Libano – Honda (area 3,477, population 257,049, Catholics
238,710, priests 48, religious 83), Colombia. The bishop-elect was
born in Andes, Colombia in 1954 and was ordained a priest in 1979. He
holds a licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian
University of Rome, and has served in a number of roles, including
parish vicar, pastor, rector of the minor seminary, defender of the
bond, judge in the ecclesiastical tribunal of Medellin, diocesan
delegate for social and lay pastoral ministry, diocesan vicar for
pastoral ministry and pastor of the Cathedral. He is currently pastor
of the “Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes” parish in Andes.
- Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López
Rodríguez, archbishop of Santo Domingo, as his special envoy to the
celebration of the fifth centenary of the city of Cumana, Venezuela,
origin of the evangelisation of South America, scheduled for 27
November 2015.
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