AMERICA/PERU - Resignation of Vicar Apostolic of Requena and succession
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 30 July 2005, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Requena (Peru) presented by Bishop Victor De la Peña P ...
30 August 2005
AFRICA/ANGOLA - New Bishop of Menongue
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 3 August 2005 appointed Bishop of Menongue (Angola) Rev. Mário Lucunde, until now Rector of the major seminary of Benguela.
The new Bishop was born on ...
30 August 2005
AFRICA/COTE D’ IVOIRE - New Bishop of Odienne
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 29 July 2005 appointed Bishop of Odienne (Cote d’ Ivoire) Rev. Salomon Lezoutié of the clergy of Yopougon until now spiritual director at the major ...
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Pope appoints new auxiliary Bishop of Kerema
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 8 July 2005 appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the diocese of Kerema (Papua New Guinea) Rev. P. Rochus Tatamai, M.S.C., chaplain at Sacred Heart Basilica in ...
AFRICA/UGANDA - The Pope appoints new Auxiliary of Mbarara
Vatican City (Fides Service) The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 2 July 2005 appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Mbarara (Uganda) Rev. Lambert Bainomugisha, until now Chancellor of the same archdiocese ass ...
1 July 2005
ASIA/THAILAND - The Pope apoints new Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 1 July 2005 appointed Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng (Thailand) Bishop Louis Chamniern Santisukniran, until now Bishop of Nakhon Sawan (Thailand). (S.L ...