Vatican City, 25 January 2016 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has:
- erected the diocese of San Francisco
de Asis de Jutiapa (area 3219, population 458,321, Catholics 389,573,
priests 24, religious 82), Guatemala, with territory taken from the
diocese of Jalapa, making it a suffragan of the archdiocese of
Santiago de Guatemala.
- appointed Fr. Antonio Calderon Cruz
as bishop of the new diocese of San Francisco de Asis de Jutiapa,
Guatemala. The bishop-elect was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala in
1959 and was ordained a priest in 1986. He has served in a number of
pastoral roles, including administrator, head of diocesan youth
pastoral ministry, formator in the "Nuestra Senora de la
Asuncion" national major seminary, parish priest, episcopal
vicar for pastoral ministry, and diocesan administrator. He is
currently parish priest in the diocese of San Marcos.
On Saturday 23 January the Holy Father
has appointed Msgr. Miroslaw Milewski as auxiliary of Plock (area
11,000, population 3,779,000, Catholics 69,900, priests 106,
permanent deacons 34, religious 89), Poland. The bishop-elect was
born in Ciechanow, Poland in 1971 and was ordained a priest in 1997.
He holds a doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublino, Poland,
and has served in a number of pastoral and academic roles, including
deputy priest, prefect of discipline in the major seminary of Plock,
and adjunct professor of Social Doctrine of the Church at the
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw. He is currently vicar
general and chancellor of the Curia, lecturer at the major seminary
of Plock, and member of the College of Consultors, the presbyteral
council and the pastoral council. In 2012 he was named Chaplain of
His Holiness.
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