Thursday, July 23, 2009

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS


VATICAN CITY, 23 JUL 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

 - Fr. Theodorus van Ruijven C.M., apostolic prefect of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia, and apostolic administrator of Nekemte, Ethiopia, as apostolic vicar of Nekemte (area 98,972, population 6,501,000, Catholics 45,000, priests 32, religious 48). The bishop-elect was born in Rijswijk, Holland in 1938 and ordained a priest in 1964.

 - Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu, apostolic nuncio to Angola and to Sao Tome e Principe, as apostolic nuncio to Cuba.
NER:NN/.../VAN RUIJVEN:BECCIU                    VIS 20090723 (90)

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