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Monday, January 21, 2008

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 19 JAN 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea, presented by Bishop Alphonse Liguori Chaupa, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

 - Appointed Bishop Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira S.V.D. of Weetebula, Indonesia, as bishop of Maumere (area 1,732, population 270,000, Catholics 259,598, priests 123, religious 260), Indonesia.

 - Appointed Fr. Enrico Solmi of the clergy of the archdiocese of Modena - Nonantola, Italy, diocesan head of the pastoral care of families and director of the regional office for pastoral care of families in Emilia Romagna, as bishop of Parma (area 2,154, population 320,759, Catholics 308,335, priests 281, permanent deacons 11, religious 706), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in San Vito di Spilamberto, Italy in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1980. He succeeds Bishop Silvio Cesare Bonicelli, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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