Vatican City, 11 June 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has:
- accepted the resignation from the
pastoral care of the diocese of Cruz Alta, Brazil, presented by
Bishop Friedrich Heimler, S.D.B., in accordance with canon 401 para.
2 of the Code of Canon Law.
- appointed Fr. Gilberto Alfredo
Vizcarra Mori, S.J., as apostolic vicar of Jaen (area 32,572,
population 525,101, Catholics 409,000, priests 36, permanent deacons
1, religious 105), Peru. The bishop-elect was born in Lima, Peru in
1960 and was ordained a priest in 1994. He studied philosophy at the
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and theology in the Jesuit
faculty in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and obtained a licentiate in
Arabic in Cairo, Egypt and a licentiate from the Institute of Arabic
Studies and Islam, Rome. He has served in a number of pastoral roles,
including priest in the parishes of “San Pedro y San Pablo” in
Bitkine, Chad, and “San Ignacio”, Chad; superior of the community
and founder and director of the “Fe y Alegria” project in Chad.
He is currently vicar in the parish of “Santa Teresa del Nino
Jesus” in Abeche, Chad. He succeeds Bishop Santiago Maria Garcia de
la Rasilla Dominguez, S.J., whose resignation from the pastoral care
of the same apostolic vicariate, upon having reached the age limit,
was accepted by the Holy Father.
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