AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Djibouti

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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti, presented by Bishop Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M.
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Jamal Boulos Sleiman Daibes, until now titular of Patara and auxiliary of the Patriarchal diocese of Jerusalem of the Latins, as bishop of Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti.
Bishop Jamal Boulos Sleiman Daibes was born on 3 July 1964 in Zababdeh, Palestine. He attended the seminary of Beit Jala, obtained his bachelor’s degree and was ordained a priest on 8 July 1988.
After ordination, he served as vicar of the parish of Christ the King in Amman; professor in the Beit Jala and parish priest of the parish of Saint Elijah at Al-Wahadneh, Jordan. He was awarded a doctorate in dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome (1988) and went on to serve as professor and then rector of the diocesan seminary (2013-2017); head of the Department of Religious Studies at Bethlehem University and dean of the Faculty of Arts; parish priest of the Holy Family parish in Ramallah; director of the Schools of the Latin Patriarchate in Palestine and Patriarchal vicar in Jordan (2021-2022).
On 11 March 2022 he was appointed titular bishop of Patara and auxiliary of the Patriarchal diocese of Jerusalem of the Latins, receiving episcopal consecration the following 6 May. (Agenzia Fides, 13/1/2024)