Wednesday, July 4, 2007

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 4, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Fr. Emmanuel Kanyama of the clergy of the diocese of Dedza, Malawi, pastor and professor in the philosophical seminary of Kachebere, as bishop of Dedza (area 4,250, population 1,562,386, Catholics 449,632, priests 37, religious 108). The bishop-elect was born in Dedza in 1962 and ordained a priest in 1990.

 - Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Lilongwe, Malawi, presented by Felix Eugenio Mkhori, upon having reached the age limit. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie M. Afr.
NER:RE/.../KANYAMA:MKHORI:SAINTE-MARIE        VIS 20070704 (100)


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