Tuesday, July 3, 2007

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 3, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Bishop Angel San Casimiro Fernandez O.A.R. of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica, as bishop of Alajuela (area 2,381, population 662,520, Catholics 551,100, priests 101, permanent deacons 1, religious 83), Costa Rica. He succeeds Bishop Jose Rafael Barquero Arce, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Bishop Daniel Eugene Hurley of Port Pirie, Australia, as bishop of Darwin (area 1,352,212, population 202,793, Catholics 15,072, priests 28, permanent deacons 3, religious 97), Australia. He succeeds Bishop Edmund J. P. Collins M.S.C., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Bishop Francesco Lambiasi, general ecclesiastical assistant of Italian Catholic Action, as bishop of Rimini (area 781, population 326,435, Catholics 303,435, priests 220, permanent deacons 23, religious 557), Italy. He succeeds Bishop Mariano De Nicolo, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Bishop Luis Adriano Piedrahita Sandoval, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Cali, Colombia, as bishop of Apartado (area 21,000, population 516,000, Catholics 362,000, priests 62, religious 108), Colombia.
NER:RE/.../...                                VIS 20070703 (220)


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