Vatican City, 17 February 2016 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has:
- appointed Bishop John D. Deshotel,
auxiliary of Dallas, U.S.A., as bishop of Lafayette (area 14,962,
population 634,000, Catholics 332,000, priests 213, permanent deacons
94, religious 217), U.S.A. He succeeds Bishop Charles M. Jarrell,
whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese upon
reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.
- appointed Fr. Ricardo Hoepers as
bishop of Rio Grande (area 12,270, population 300,000, Catholics
211,000, priests 29, permanent deacons 29, religious 72), Brazil. The
bishop-elect was born in Curitiba, Brazil in 1970 and ordained a
priest in 1999. He holds a doctorate in theology and has served as
lecturer in the faculty of philosophy and rector of the Bom Pastor
seminary, professor, parish priest, diocesan coordinator for the
clergy, member of the presbyterium and member of the ethical
committee of the Federal University of Paran and the Brazilian
Society of Moral Theology. He succeeds Msgr. Jose Mario Stroeher,
whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese was
accepted upon reaching the age limit.
- appointed Fr. Richard Kuuia Baawobr,
M.Afr., as bishop of Wa (area 18,476, population 700,000, Catholics
341,000, priests 104, religious 186), Ghana. The bishop-elect was
born in Tom-Zendagangn, Ghana in 1959, gave his religious vows in
1981 and was ordained a priest in 1987. He has served in a number of
roles within his order, as well as deputy Grand Chancellor of the
Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, and member of
the Synod on the family, and is currently superior general of his
order. He succeeds Bishop Paul Bemile, whose resignation from the
pastoral care of the same diocese upon reaching the age limit was
accepted by the Holy Father.
- appointed Fr. Carlos Alberto Breis
Pereira, O.F.M., as coadjutor bishop of Juazeiro (area 58,397,
population 515,900, Catholics 413,100, priests 26, religious 14),
Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in San Francisco do Sul, Brazil in
1965, gave his religious vows in 1987 and was ordained a priest in
1994. He holds a licentiate in theology, has served as parish priest
and has held numerous roles within his order. He is currently
provincial minister of his order in Recife, Brazil.
- accepted the resignation of Bishop
Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J., from the pastoral care of the diocese of
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, upon reaching the age limit.
- appointed Archbishop Robert
Christopher Ndlovu of Harare, Zimbabwe, as apostolic administrator
sede vacante of the diocese of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe.
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