AFRICA/RWANDA - Appointment of bishop of Kibungo
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 20, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Revernd Jean-Marie Vianney Twagirayezu, of the clergy of Nuyundu, until now secretary general of Caritas in Rwanda, as bishop of ...
4 March 2023
AFRICA/BENIN - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Lokossa
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Lokossa, Benin, presented by Bishop Victor Agbanou.
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Coffi R ...
AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of the Bishop of Nakuru, Cleophas Oseso Tuka
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 15, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Reverend Cleophas Oseso Tuka, of the clergy of Nakuru, until now vicar general and parish priest of Saint Augustine in Bahati, a ...
AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishops of Accra
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 14, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the following as auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan archdiocese of Accra, Ghana: the Reverend John Kobina Louis, of the clery of ...
ASIA/JORDAN - Archbishop Dal Toso takes office as Apostolic Nuncio
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - On the evening of March 1 Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso arrived in Amman where he will take up his duties as Nuncio Apostolic to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. As the news portal "abouna.org." ...
2 March 2023
ASIA/MYANMAR - The Lenten charity of Burmese Catholics
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - During Lent, Catholic communities collect donations for displaced people and those living in poverty in the forests, victims of the ongoing civil war in Myanmar. "In the Catholic churches of Myan ...