VATICAN CITY, JUN 12, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Joseph Edward Kurtz of Knoxville, U.S.A, as metropolitan archbishop of Louisville (area 21,041, population 1,190,000, Catholics 210,000, priests 205, permanent deacons 104, religious 929), U.S.A. The archbishop-elect was born in Shenandoah, U.S.A. in 1946, he was ordained a priest in 1972 and consecrated a bishop in 1999. He succeeds Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly O.P., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Erected the new apostolic prefecture of Donkorkrom (area 4,285, population 136,000, Catholics 12,000, priests 7, religious 6) Ghana, with territory taken from the diocese of Koforidua. He appointed Fr. Gabriel Edoe Kumordji S.V.D., provincial superior of the Verbite Fathers in Ghana and president of the local conference of superiors major, as first apostolic prefect of the new diocese.
- Appointed Msgr. Vito Rallo, special envoy and permanent observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, as apostolic nuncio to Burkina Faso and Niger, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Mazara del Vallo, Italy in 1953 and ordained a priest in 1979.
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- Appointed Bishop Joseph Edward Kurtz of Knoxville, U.S.A, as metropolitan archbishop of Louisville (area 21,041, population 1,190,000, Catholics 210,000, priests 205, permanent deacons 104, religious 929), U.S.A. The archbishop-elect was born in Shenandoah, U.S.A. in 1946, he was ordained a priest in 1972 and consecrated a bishop in 1999. He succeeds Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly O.P., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Erected the new apostolic prefecture of Donkorkrom (area 4,285, population 136,000, Catholics 12,000, priests 7, religious 6) Ghana, with territory taken from the diocese of Koforidua. He appointed Fr. Gabriel Edoe Kumordji S.V.D., provincial superior of the Verbite Fathers in Ghana and president of the local conference of superiors major, as first apostolic prefect of the new diocese.
- Appointed Msgr. Vito Rallo, special envoy and permanent observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, as apostolic nuncio to Burkina Faso and Niger, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Mazara del Vallo, Italy in 1953 and ordained a priest in 1979.
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