Vatican City, 16 December 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has:
- accepted the resignation from the
pastoral care of the diocese of Sao Carlos, Brazil, presented by
Bishop Paulo Sergio Machado, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of
the Code of Canon Law.
- appointed Msgr. J. Gregory Kelly as
auxiliary of Dallas (area 19,457, population 3,847,430, Catholics
1,165,582, priests 213, permanent deacons 144, religious 205), United
States of America. The bishop-elect was born in LeMars, United States
of America, in 1956 and was ordained a priest in 1982. He holds a
Master of Divinity from the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas,
and has served in a number of pastoral roles in the diocese of
Dallas, including parish vicar, chaplain at the University of Texas,
parish priest, director of priestly vocations, vicar forane, rector
ad interim of the Holy Trinity seminary, and member of the college of
consultors, the presbyteral council and the board of directors of the
University of Texas. He is currently vicar for the clergy. In 2013 he
was named Chaplain of His Holiness.
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