Vatican City, 6 November 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed:
- Bishop Juan Jose Omella Omella of
Calahorra y La Calzada-Logrono, Spain as archbishop of Barcelona
(area 340, population 2,657,000, Catholics 2,116,479, priests 826,
permanent deacons 46, religious 3,092), Spain.
- Bishop Jozef de Kesel of Bruges,
Belgium, as archbishop of Malines-Bruxelles (area 3,635, population
2,825,000, Catholics 1,807,000, priests 1,794, permanent deacons 88,
religious 3,249), Belgium. He succeeds Archbishop Andre Leonard,
whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese upon
reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.
- Bishop Jozef de Kesel as military
ordinary for Belgium.
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