Vatican City, 23 November 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed:
- Msgr. Tadeusz Litynski as bishop of
Zielona Gora – Gorzow (area 14,814, population 1,160,000, Catholics
989,000, priests 641, religious 283), Poland. Msgr. Litynski is
currently auxiliary of the same diocese. He succeeds Bishop Stefan
Regmunt, whose resignation upon reaching the age limit was accepted
by the Holy Father.
- Bishop Rafael Sandoval Sandoval,
M.N.M., of Tarahumana, Mexico, as bishop of Autlan (area 14,744,
population 357,000, Catholics 341,000, priests 120, religious 192),
Mexico.
On Saturday 21 November, the Holy
Father appointed:
- Msgr. Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida
as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Braga (area 2,857, population
964,800, Catholics 886,700, priests 465, permanent deacons 12,
religious 676), Portugal. The bishop-elect was born in Viseu,
Portugal in 1962 and was ordained a priest in 1986. He holds a
licentiate in theology from the Catholic University of Porto, and has
served as parish priest in various parishes in the diocese of Viseu,
president of the Priestly Fraternity of Viseu, and member of the
college of consultors and the presbyteral council.
- Bishop Francisco Mendoza De Leon as
coadjutor of the diocese of Antipolo (area 1,828, population
3,958,820, Catholics 3,153,824, priests 178, religious 811),
Philippines. Bishop De Leon is currently auxiliary of the same
diocese.
- Bishop David William V. Antonio,
auxiliary of the archdiocese of Nueva Segovia, Philippines, as
apostolic administrator “sede plena” of the apostolic vicariate
of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines.
No comments:
Post a Comment