Vatican City, 27 November 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed:
- Fr. Hector Vila as bishop of
Whitehorse (area 732,515, population 43,000, Catholics 9,600, priests
6, permanent deacons 2, religious 5), Canada. The bishop-elect was
born in Lima, Peru in 1962 and was ordained a priest in 1995. He
studied at the University of Toronto, Canada, and the Redemptoris
Mater seminary in Rome, and has served in pastoral roles in the Roman
parishes of St. Ireneo and St. Patrizio and in the parish of St.
Norbert in Toronto, and is currently rector of the Redemptoris Mater
seminary in Toronto.
- Fr. Emmanuel Nguyen Hong Son as
coadjutor of the diocese of Ba Ria (area 1,988, population 1,427,024,
Catholics 254,302, priests 172, religious 799), Vietnam. The
bishop-elect was born in Bien Hoa, Vietnam in 1952 and was ordained a
priest in 1980. He holds a licentiate in dogmatic theology from the
Institut Catholique de Paris, France, and has served in a number of
pastoral roles in the diocese of Ba Ria, including parish priest,
dean forane, rector of the minor seminary, head of continuing
formation of diocesan clergy, member of the episcopal commission for
the doctrine of the faith. He is currently vicar general of the same
diocese.
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