AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE – Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Nampula
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 6 August 2014, appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Nampula, in Mozambique, Bishop Ernesto Maguengue, formerly Bishop of Pemba. He has be ...
ASIA/HONG KONG - Appointment of three Auxiliary Bishops of Hong Kong
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 11, 2014, the Holy Father appointed three Auxiliaries for the Diocese of Hong Kong (China): Fr. Michael Yeung Ming-cheung, Vicar General of the Diocese of Hong Kong and Member of th ...
11 July 2014
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Appointment of Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Gaitán
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 10, 2014, the Holy Father appointed Fr. Luis Horacio Gomez Gonzalez, of the clergy of Manizales, Episcopal Vicar for the Administration in his archdiocese, as Apostolic Vicar of Pue ...
11 July 2014
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Kigoma
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 10, 2014, the Holy Father appointed Fr. Joseph Mlola, ALCP/OSS, Rector of St. Paul Kipalapala Interdiocesan Major Seminary, Tabora, as Bishop of the Diocese of Kigoma (Tanzania).
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10 July 2014
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 9, 2014 the Holy Father appointed Fr. Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X., as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Ranchi (India).
The Bishop-elect was born on November 9, 1960, in Ca ...
9 July 2014
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Coadjutor Bishop of Makurdi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 8, 2014 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, C.M.F., Provincial Bursar and military Chaplain, as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Makurdi (Nigeria).
Fr. Wil ...
9 July 2014
AMERICA/PERU - Appointment of the Bishop Coadjutor of Puerto Maldonado
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 8, 2014, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. David Martínez De Aguirre Guinea, O.P., advisor of the regional Dominican vicariate Santa Rosa de Lima, as coadjutor bishop of the apos ...
7 July 2014
AMERICA/PANAMA - Appointment of the Bishop of Colón - Kuna Yala
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 7, 2014, the Holy Father appointed Fr. Manuel Ochogavía Barahona, O.S.A., Prior, Chancellor of the diocese and parish priest in the diocese of Chitre, as Bishop of the Diocese of C ...
5 July 2014
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Uyo
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 5, 2014, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. John Ebebe Ayah as Bishop of Uyo (Nigeria). The same Prelate was appointed Apostolic Administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae ...
5 July 2014
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 3, 2014, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Julian Leow Beng Kim, of the clergy of Kuala Lumpur, currently dean of studies and formator at the major seminary of Penang, as Archbishop of ...
5 July 2014
AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of the Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 3, 2014, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. John Bonaventure Kwofie C.S.Sp., already provincial superior of the Congregation of West Africa, as Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi (Ghana).
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