AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Pope appoints Bishop Coadjutor of Okigwe
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 28 May 2005 appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese of Okigwe (Nigeria) Bishop Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu transferring him from the titular see of Sabr ...
AFRICA/KENYA - The Pope appoints new Metropolitan Archbishop of Mombasa
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 19 March 2005 appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Mombasa (Kenya) Bishop Boniface Lele relieving him of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kitu ...
1 April 2005
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The Pope appoints Coadjutor Bishop of Inhambane
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 19 March 2005 appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese of Inhambane (Mozambique) Bishop Adriano Langa, transferring him from the titular See of Baia a ...
1 April 2005
ASIA/INDIA - The Pope appoints Bishop of Tuticorin
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 19 March 2005 appointed Bishop of Tuticorin (India), Reverend Yvon Ambrose. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 1/4/2005) ...
1 April 2005
ASIA/INDIA - The Pope appoints Coadjutor Bishop of Sivagangai
Vatican City (Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 19 March 2005 appointed Coadjutor Bishop Sivagangai (India), Reverend Mgr. Jebamalai Susaimanickam. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 1/4/2005) ...
AFRICA/UGANDA - The Pope appoints Bishop of Lira
Vatican City (Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 4 March 2005 appointed Bishop of Lira (Uganda), Reverend P. Giuseppe Franzelli, MCCJ. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 1/4/2005) ...
The Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples publishes the following appointments of Bishops made by Pope John Paul II on March 4 and March 19, appointments which demonstrate than his ...
30 March 2005
AFRICA/GHANA - Archbishop of Accra resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, on 30 March 2005, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Accra (Ghana) presented by Archbishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh, ...
23 March 2005
AFRICA/MOROCCO - Archbishop of Tangiers resigns
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, on 23 March 2005, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Tangiers (Morocco) presented by Archbishop José Antonio Pe ...