Other Pontifical Acts

Vatican City, 8 February 2016 (VIS) – The Holy Father appointed- Fr. Shorot Francis Gomes as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Dhaka (area 12,000, population 23,539,280, Catholics 64,960, priests 115, religious 695), Bangladesh. The bishop-elect was born in Hashnabad, Bangladesh in 1965 and was appointed a priest in 1990. He holds a bachelor's degree in art from the Notre Dame College of Dhaka and a doctorate in moral theology from the Alphonsianum Academy, Rome, and has served in a number of pastoral roles in the archdiocese of Dhaka, including parish vicar, rector of the minor seminary and vice rector of the major seminary, and vicar general of the new diocese of Sylhet. He is currently vicar general of the archdiocese of Dhaka.

On Saturday 6 February, the Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Manuel Eugenio Salazar Mora as bishop of Tilaran – Liberia (area 11,720, population 453,000, Catholics 384,000, priests 62, permanent deacons 10, religious 87), Costa Rica. The bishop-elect was born in Guadalupe, Costa Rica in 1958 and was ordained a priest in 1982. He holds a licentiate in fundamental theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, and has served in a number of pastoral and administrative roles in the archdiocese of San Jose de Costa Rica, including parish vicar, parish administrator, director of the department for religious education of the Episcopal Conference, director of the introductory seminary, rector of the national major Seminary, archdiocesan episcopal vicar for prophetic pastoral ministry, rector of the "Sagrado Corazon de Jesus" national seminary, and parish priest. He is currently pastor of the "San Jeronimo" parish, Moravia. He succeeds Bishop Vittorino Girardi Stellin, M.C.C.J., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.

- Fr. Duncan Theodore Tsoke as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Johannesburg (area 1.099, population 252,786, Catholics 250,000, priests 142, permanent deacons 16, religious 196), South Africa. The bishop-elect was born in Daveyton, South Africa in 1964 and was ordained a priest in 1995. He has served as parish vicar, formator and teacher of spirituality at the St. Peter seminary of Garsfontein, Pretoria, episcopal vicar for evangelisation, assistant vicar for vocational pastoral ministry, parish priest and parish administrator. He is currently vicar general of the archdiocese of Johannesburg and pastor of the Holy Family parish in Turffontein.

- Msgr. Giorgio Corbellini, president of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See, and Msgr. Guido Pozzi, secretary of the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei", as members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.