Vatican
City, 21 May 2013
(VIS) – Today the Holy Father appointed:
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Fr. Rafael Valdez Torres as bishop of Ensenada (area 52,646,
population 557,000, Catholics 439,000, priests 53, religious 106),
Mexico. The bishop-elect was born in Santiago Tangamandapio,
Michoacan, Mexico in 1959 and was ordained a priest in 1985. Since
ordination he has served in several parochial and diocesan level
roles, most recently as pastor and rector of the Shrine of Our Lord
of the Miracles in San Juan Nuevo and, since 2008, as bursar of the
diocesan Mutual Sacerdotal.
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Fr. Luzizla Kiala as bishop of Sumbe (area 60,000, population
1,191,000, Catholics 369,969, priests 47, religious 59), Angola. The
bishop-elect was born in Damba, Uige Province, Angola and was
ordained a priest in 1992. Since ordination he has served in several
pastoral, administrative, and diocesan roles, most recently as vicar
general of the Diocese of Uije and pastor of the cathedral.
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Bishop Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr., of Laghouat, Algeria, as
a member of the Special Council for Africa of the General Secretariat
of the Synod of Bishops.
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