Acta of the Holy See

• 28 July 2003
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - BANGUI – ARCHBISHOP JOACHIM N’DAYEN RESIGNS, MGR PAULIN POMODIMO APPOINTED METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (26 July 2003) accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Bangui in Central African Republic, presented by Archbisho ...
• 26 July 2003
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - BANGUI - ARCHBISHOP JOACHIM N’DAYEN RESIGNS, MGR PAULIN POMODIMO APPOINTED METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (26 July 2003) accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Bangui in Central African Republic, presented by Archbishop ...
• 24 July 2003
  ASIA/THAILAND – RATCHABURI - BISHOP JOHN BOSCO MANAT CHUABSAMAI RESIGNS Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (24 July 2003) accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Ratchaburi (Thailand), presented by Bishop John Bosco Manat Ch ...
• 16 July 2003
  ASIA/VIETNAM - KONTUM – BISHOP . PIERRE TRAN TRANH CHUNG RESIGNS, REV. MICHEL HOANG DUC OANH APPOINTED Vatican City ( Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (16 July 2003) accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kontum in Vietnam presented by Bishop. Pierre Tran Tranh Chun ...
• 10 July 2003
  ASIA/KOREA - TAEJON DIOCESE, REV. LAZARUS YOU HEUNG-SK APPOINTED COADJUTOR BISHOP Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, (24 June 2003) appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Taejon (Korea) Reverend Father Lazarus You Heung-sik, rector of Taejon major seminary. Reverend Fath ...
• 10 July 2003
  ASIA/KOREA - KWANGJU ARCHDIOCESE, REV. HYGINUS KIM HEE-JONG APPOINTED AUXILIARY Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, (24 June 2003) appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Kwangju (Korea) Reverend Father Hyginus Hee-jong parish priest at Kumba Dong, assig ...
• 4 July 2003
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - KIMBE – NEW DIOCESE, FIRST BISHOP ALPHONSE CHAUPA Vatican City (Fides Service) The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, (12 June 2003) created the diocese of Kimbe in Papua New Guinea, with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Rabaul, making it suffragan of the same ...
• 1 July 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - PALEMBANG – NEW ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE AND NEW METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (12 June 2003) created the new ecclesiastical province of Palembang separating it from the ecclesiastical province of Medan (Indonesia). The new ecc ...
• 30 June 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - MACAO – BISHOP DOMINGOS LAM KA TSEUNG RESIGNS, SUCCEEDED BY COADJUTOR BISHOP JOSE LAI HUNG-SENG Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Macao (China) presented by Bishop Domingos Lam Ka Tseung, in conformity wi ...
• 30 June 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - MANOKWARI-SORONG – BISHOP FRANCIS XAVIER SUDARTANA HADISUMATRA RESIGNS, REV. DATUS HILARION LEGA APPOINTED Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has accepted (12 June 2003) the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Manokwari-Sorong (Indonesia) presented by Bishop Francis Xav ...
• 27 June 2003
  AMERICA/BAHAMAS - NASSAU – MGR. PATRICK PINDER APPOINTED AUXILIARY BISHOP Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, (12 June 2003) appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Nassau archdiocese (Bahamas) Mgr Patrick Pinder, vicar general of the same archdiocese, assigning to h ...
• 23 June 2003
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - KUCHING - ARCHBISHOP PETER CHAUNG HOAN TING RESIGNS, MGR JOHN HA TIONG HOCK APPOINTED Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father Pope John Paul II has (18 June 2003) accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Kuching, Malaysia, presented by Archbishop Peter Chaung Hoa ...
• 26 May 2003
  ASIA/MYANMAR - APPOINTMENT OF METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOPS IN YANGON AND MANDALAY AND BISHOP OF PATHEIN Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 24 May 2003, made the following appointments in Myanmar: 1. he appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Yangon, Bishop Charles Bo SDB, until now Bishop ...
• 26 May 2003
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - KUALA LUMPUR - ARCHBISHOP ANTONY SOTER FERNANDEZ RESIGNS, MGR. MURPHY NICHOLAS XAVIER PAKIAM, APPOINTED Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (24 May 2003) accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, (Malaysia) presented by Archbishop Antony Sote ...
• 6 May 2003
  AFRICA/GUINEA - CONAKRY – MONS. VINCENT COURBALY, APPOINTED METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (6 May 2003) appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry in Guinea, Mons Vincent Courbaly, until now Bishop of Kankan. (Fides Service 6/5/2003 ...