ASIA/INDIA – NEW DIOCESE DINDIGUL AND NEW BISHOP ANTHONY PAPPUSAMI
Vatican City (Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (30 October 2003) created the diocese of Dindigul (India) with territory taken from the diocese of Tiruchirapalli and the archdiocese of Madurai, making it ...
ASIA/JAPAN – NEW ARCHBISHOP OF NAGASAKI BISHOP JOSEPH MITSUAKI TAKAMI, PSS
Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (17 October 2003) appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki in Japan, Mgr Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, PSS until now Titular Bishop of Munaziana and ...
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - ARCHBISHOP AGUSTE NOBOU OF KORHOGO RESIGNS
Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, (22 September 2003) accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of Korhogo diocese in Ivory Coast, presented by Archbishop Auguste Nobou in ...
AMERICA/SURINAME – BISHOP OF PARAMARIBO ALOYSIUS ZICHEM RESIGNS
Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has, on 9 August 2003, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Paramaribo, Suriname, presented by Bishop Aloysius Zichem ...
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - LUEBO:BISHOP EMERY KABONGO KANUNDOWI RESIGNS
Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (14 August 2003) accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Luebo (Democratic Congo) presented by Bishop Emerry K ...
AFRICA/ANGOLA - HUAMBO: ARCHBISHOP FRANCISCO VITI RESIGNS
Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (31 July 2003) accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Huambo (Angola) presented by Archbishop Francisco Viti in ...