ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishop of Weetebula appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on April 4, 2009, appointed Fr. Edmund Woga, C.Ss.R, Administrator of the Diocese of Weetebula (Indonesia), Bishop of the same diocese.
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6 April 2009
AFRICA/KENYA - Bishop of Muranga appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on April 4, 2009, appointed Fr. James Wainaina Kungu of the clergy of Nyahururu, Rector of the Christ the King Major Seminary (Archdiocese of Nyeri), Bishop of ...
2 April 2009
ASIA/INDIA - Bishop of Rourkela resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 2 April 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Rourkela (India) presented by Bishop Alphonse Bilung, SVD, in confo ...
1 April 2009
ASIA/INDONESIA - Auxiliary Bishop of Amboina resigns
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 1 April 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Amboina (Indonesia) presented by Bishop Josephu ...
30 March 2009
ASIA/KOREA - Bishop of Suwon resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - he Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 30 March 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Suwon (Korea) presented by Bishop Paul Choi Deok-ki, in conformity ...
25 March 2009
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Apostolic Vicar of Zamora appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 25, 2009, appointed Father Walter Jehowá Heras Segarra, O.F.M., Provincial Minister and Vice-President of the Ecuadorian Conference of Religious, A ...
5 March 2009
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Bishop of Aitape resigns
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 5 March 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Aitape (Papua New Guinea), presented by Bishop Austen Robin Crapp, ...
26 February 2009
AFRICA/WESTERN SAHARA - Apostolic Prefect of Western Sahara resigns
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 25 February 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Prefecture of the Western Sahara presented by Fr. Acacio Valbuen ...
23 February 2009
ASIA/VIETNAM - Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on February 21, 2009, appointed Fr. Vincent Nguyên Van Ban, head of seminarian formation for the Diocese of Quy Nhon and professor at the Nha Trang Major Se ...
16 February 2009
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Auxiliary Bishop of Lahore appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on February 14, 2009, appointed Fr. Francis Shah, O.F.M., formerly Provincial Minister of the Order of Friars Minor in Pakistan, as Auxiliary Bishop of the A ...
13 February 2009
ASIA/INDONESIA - Archbishop of Medan resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 12 February 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Medan (Indonesia) presented by Archbishop Alfred Gonti Piu ...
13 February 2009
AFRICA/GHANA - Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 12 February 2009, appointed Bishop Philip Naameh, until now Bishop of Damongo, as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 13/2/2 ...
12 February 2009
ASIA/THAILAND - Bishop of Chiang Mai resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 10 February 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Chiang Mai (Thailand) presented by Bishop Joseph Sangval Suras ...
12 February 2009
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Bishop of Fenoarivo-Atsinanana appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 10 February 2009, appointed Fr. Marcellin Randriamamonjy, of the clergy of Ambositra, Rector of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Vohitsoa (Fianarant ...
12 February 2009
ASIA/INDIA - Bishop of Simla-Chandigarh appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 10 February 2009, appointed Fr. Ignatius Loyola Mascarenhas, of the clergy of Delhi, Rector of the Regional Propedeutical Seminary in Kauli, as Bishop ...
