OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 11 MAR 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Bishop Jorge Solorzano Perez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, as bishop of Granada (area 7,453, population 543,000, Catholics 445,000, priests 74, religious 191), Nicaragua. He succeeds Bishop Bernardo Hombach, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Msgr. John Douglas Deshotel of the clergy of the diocese of Dallas, U.S.A., vicar general, and Msgr. Mark Joseph Seitz, also of the clergy of the diocese of Dallas, pastor of the parish of St. Rita, as auxiliaries of Dallas (area 19,475, population 3,630,955, Catholics 1,094,688, priests 198, permanent deacons 143, religious 196). Bishop-elect Deshotel was born in Kinder, U.S.A. in 1952 and ordained a priest in 1978. Bishop-elect Seitz was born in Milwaukee, U.S.A. in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1980.
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