AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop of Bamenda resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 23 January 2006 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Bamenda (Cameroon) presented by Archbishop Paul Verdzekov in ...
21 January 2006
ASIA/ VIÊT NAM - Auxiliary of Hà Nôi archdiocese resigns
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 21 January 2006 accepted the renunciation of the office of Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Hà Nôi (Viêt Nam) presented by Bishop Paul Lê D ...
21 January 2006
AFRICA/RWANDA - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Kabgayi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 21 January 2006 appointed Bishop of Kabgayi (Rwanda) Rev. Mgr. Smaragde Mbonyintege, Rector of Nyakibanda Major Seminary.
The new Bishop was born on ...
20 January 2006
ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Ratnapura
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 20 January 2006, appointed Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, Rev. Ivan Tilak Jayasundera of the diocesan clergy of Kandy, until now professor of liturgy ...
17 January 2006
ASIA/KOREA - The Pope appoints new auxiliary Bishop of Pusan
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 17 January 2006 appointed Auxiliary of the diocese of Pusan (Korea) Rev. Paul Hwang Cheol-soo, former diocesan chancellor, assigning to him the titula ...
16 January 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Kiayi
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 16 January 2006 appointed Bishop of Kiayi (Taiwan) Rev. Fr. John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D., until now headmaster of Kiayi Catholic School and Professor ...
9 January 2006
AMERICA/CANADA - Bishop of Whitehorse appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 5 January 2006 appointed Bishop of Whitehorse (Canada) Rev. Gary Gordon of the clergy of Vancouver, until now parish priest and the Archbishop’s deleg ...
9 January 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - Bishop of Kaohsiung resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 5 January 2006 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kaohsiung (Taiwan) presented by Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-shi, S.I., ...
9 January 2006
AFRICA/D.R.CONGO - Bishop of Luebo appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 7 January 2006 appointed Bishop of Luebo (DR Congo) Rev. Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba of the clergy of Kananga, until now rector of the Inter-dio ...
9 January 2006
ASIA/KOREA - New Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 3 January 2006 appointed auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of 2006 of Seoul (Korea) Rev. Basilio Cho Kyu-man, Professor at the Major Seminary of Seo ...
ASIA/INDIA - New diocese of Buxar established and first bishop appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, pope Benedict XVI on 12 December 2005 established the diocese of Buxar (India), with territory taken from, the archdiocese of Patna, making it suffragan of that metropolita ...
10 December 2005
ASIA/JAPAN - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Sendai
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 10 December 2005 appointed Bishop of Sendai (Japan) Rev. Martin Tetsuo Hiraga until now diocesan administrator and former vicar general of Sendai.
Rev ...