Wednesday, January 7, 2009

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 7 JAN 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Fr. Joao Jose da Costa O. Carm., prior and formator of the convent of "Sao Cristovao" in the archdiocese of Aracaju, Brazil, as bishop of Iguatu (area 21,904, population 532,000, Catholics 505,000, priests 29, religious 20), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Lagarto, Brazil in 1958 and ordained a priest in 1992. He succeeds Bishop Jose Doth de Oliveira, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

 - Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kara, Togo presented by Bishop Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Jacques Danga Longa.

 - Appointed Fr. Jose Moreira Bastos Neto of the clergy of the diocese of Caratinga, Brazil, diocesan co-ordinator for pastoral care and parish administrator, as bishop of Tres Lagoas (area 49,000, population 236,000, Catholics 177,000, priests 18, permanent deacons 10, religious 45), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Simonesia, Brazil in 1953 and ordained a priest in 1979. He succeeds Bishop Izidoro Kosinski C.M., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Fr. Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arzipe of the clergy of the archdiocese of Monterrey, Mexico, pastor of the parish of Corpus Christi, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese (area 17,886, population 7,062,000, Catholics 5,337,000, priests 552, permanent deacons 33, religious 1,102). The bishop-elect was born in Monterrey in 1962 and ordained a priest in 1989.

  On Tuesday 6 January it was made public that he appointed Fr. Jose Javier Travieso Martin C.M.F., collaborator of the Claretian College of Trujillo, Peru, and professor in the seminary and the Catholic University of Trujillo, as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Trujillo (area 15,323, population 1,321,000, Catholics 1,105,416, priests 117, religious 291). The bishop-elect was born in Don Benito, Spain in 1952 and ordained a priest in 1976.
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