AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishop of Mpika appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on July 17, 2008, appointed Fr. Ignatius Chama of the clergy of Mansa (Zambia), director of the diocesan development office and chaplain of the diocesan ...
AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of the Bishop of Kitui
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 28 June 2008 appointed Bishop of Kitui (Kenya) Bishop Anthony Muheria, until now Bishop of Embu. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 1/7/2008) ...
1 July 2008
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Bishop of Wabag resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Benedict XVI, on 30 June 2008 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Wabag (Papua New Guinea) presented by Bishop Hermann Raich, S.V.D., in ...
1 July 2008
ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Taunggyi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 28 June 2008, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Taunggyi (Myanmar) Rev. Basilio Athai, Rector of St. Michael's Major Propaedeutic Seminary in ...
19 June 2008
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Diocese of Kribi erected, first Bishop appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on June 19, 2008 erected the Diocese of Kribi (Cameroon), with territory taken from the diocese of Ebolowa-Kribi, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan c ...
16 June 2008
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishop of Dundee appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on June 13, 2008, appointed Fr. Thomas Graham Rose, pastor of Actonville, Archdiocese of Johannesburg, bishop of Dundee (South Africa).
The bishop-elect was b ...
16 June 2008
ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishop of Banjarmasin resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on June 14, 2008, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Banjarmasin (Indonesia) presented by Bishop Franciscus Xaverius ...
16 June 2008
AFRICA/D.R.CONGO - Bishop of Ouesso appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on June 14, 2008, appointed Fr. Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp., Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Ouesso (Democratic Republic of Congo), Bishop of the same ...
4 June 2008
AFRICA/UGANDA - Bishop of Kasana-Luweero appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on June 4, 2008, appointed Monsignor Paul Ssenogerere, Vicar General of Kampala, as Bishop of Kasana-Luweero (Uganda).
Monsignor Paul Ssenogerere was born in ...
ASIA/INDIA - Bishop of Kumbakonam appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on May 31, 2008, appointed Fr. Francis Antonysamy, of the clergy of Tanjore and parish priest of the Basilica of Vailankanni, as Bishop of Kumbakonam (India).
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3 June 2008
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishop of Yagoua appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on May 31, 2008, appointed Monsignor Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo, of the clergy of Maroua-Mokolo and Apostolic Administrator of Yagoua, as Bishop of Yagoua (Ca ...
20 May 2008
AMERICA/JAMAICA - Bishop of Mandeville nominated
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on May 20, 2008, appointed Father Neil Tiedemann, C.P., member of the Provincial Council of Passionists, as Bishop of Mandeville (Jamaica).
The bishop-elect w ...