Vatican City, 3 November 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed:
- Bishop Pedro Maria Laxague, auxiliary
of Bahia Blanca, Argentina, as bishop of Zarate-Campana (area 5,924,
population 728,000, Catholics 660,000, priests 88, permanent deacons
13, religious 178), Argentina. He succeeds Bishop Oscar Domingo
Sarlinga, whose resignation in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of
the Code of Canon Law was accepted by the Holy Father.
- appointed Fr. Carlos Azpiroz Costa,
O.P., as coadjutor archbishop of Bahia Blanca (area 82,625,
population 757,000, Catholics 647,000, priests 83, permanent deacons
18, religious 202), Argentina. Fr. Azpiroz Costa, O.P., was born in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1956, gave his religious vows in 1984 and
was ordained a priest in 1987. He holds a bachelor's degree in
philosophy from the University of the North “Santo Tomas de Aquino”
(UNSTA) in the Argentine Dominican province, a bachelor's degree in
theology from the Pontifical Argentine Catholic University, and a
doctorate in canon law from the University of St. Thomas Aquinas
(Angelicum), Rome. He has served in a number of roles within his
order, most notably as Master General, and as a lecturer at the
University FASTA of Mar del Plata, Argentina. He is currently
superior of the Dominican community of Mar del Plata.
On Saturday, 31 October, the Holy
Father:
- appointed Fr. Abel Szocska, O.S.B.M.,
as apostolic administrator sede vacante of the eparchy of
Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, for Catholis of Byzantine rite, without
episcopal rank. Fr. Szocska was born in Vinohradiu, Nagyszolos,
Ukraine in 1972, gave his religious vows in 2001 and was ordained a
priest in the same year. He is currently provincial superior of the
Basilian Fathers in Hungary, pastor of the parish of Mariapocs, and
protosyncellus of the eparchy of Miskolc.
- gave his assent to the canonical
election by the Synod of Bishops of the Maronite Church of Fr. Joseph
Tobji as archbishop of Aleppo of the Maronites, Syria. The
bishop-elect was born in 1971 and was ordained a priest in 1996. He
holds a licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Urbanian
University and has served as chaplain and parish priest, and as
promoter of justice and defender of the bond in a number of
ecclesiastical tribunals. He is currently secretary of the Assembly
of Catholic Bishops.
- accepted the resignation from the
office of auxiliary of the diocese of Elblag, Poland, presented by
Bishop Jozef Wysocki upon reaching the age limit.
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