ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Galle
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has, 15 February 2005, appointed Bishop of Galle (Sri Lanka) Bishop Harold Anthony Perera, until now Bishop of Ratnapura. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 15/2/2005 ...
14 February 2005
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishop of Cabinda resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 11 February 2005, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Cabinda (Angola), presented by Bishop Paulino Fernandes Madec ...
14 February 2005
AMERICA/PANAMA - The Pope appoints new Vicar Apostolic of Darien
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 12 February 2005,
appointed Vicar Apostolic of Darien (Panama) Reverend Father Pedro Hernandez Cantarero, C.M.F., Director of the Claretian Centre o ...
8 February 2005
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishop of Mariannhill resigns
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, on 7 February 2005, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Mariannhill (South Africa) presented by Bishop Paul Themba Mng ...
17 January 2005
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Bishop of Dodoma resigns, the Pope appoints successor
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope John Paul II has, 15 January 2005, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of Dodoma diocese (Tanzania), presented by Bishop Mathias Joseph Isuja in confor ...
10 January 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Tarahumara
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, on 4 January 2005, appointed Bishop of Tarahumara (Mexico), Rev. Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M., parish priest at Monterrey and former Superior General ...
AFRICA/RWANDA - Bishop of Kabgayi resigns
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 10 December 2004, the Holy Father Pope John Paul II accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kabgayi (Rwanda), presented by Bishop Anastase Mutabazi, in con ...
7 December 2004
AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Pope appoints new Coadjutor Archbishop of Bamenda
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 7 December 2004, the Holy Father Pope John Paul II appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Bamenda (Cameroon), Bishop Cornelius Fontem Esua, until now Bishop of the diocese of Kumbo. (S.L.) ( ...
7 December 2004
AFRICA/TANZANIA - The Pope appoints Coadjutor Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 7 December 2004, the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi (Tanzania), Reverend Castor Paul Msemwa, of the clergy of Njombe diocese, Spiritual Dir ...
6 December 2004
ASIA/TAIWAN - Bishop of Hsinku resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 4 December 2004, the Holy Father Pope John Paul II accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Hsinchu (Taiwan), presented by Bishop Lucas Liu Hsien-tang, in c ...
3 December 2004
ASIA/MYANMAR - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Myitkyina
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, on 3 December 2004, appointed Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar), Bishop Francis Daw Tang, until now Titular Bishop of Maturba and Auxiliary of Myitkyina dioc ...
29 November 2004
ASIA/JAPAN - The Pope appoints new auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo
Vatican City (Fides Service - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has appointed, 29 November 2004, Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Tokyo (Japan) Rev. Father James Kazuo Koda, Director of Pastoral in Tokyo archdiocese, ass ...
23 November 2004
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - The Pope appoints new auxiliary Bishop of Bukavu
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, appointed, 22 November 2004, Auxiliary Bishop of Bukavu (Democratic Congo) Mgr. François Xavier Maroy, Vicar General of the same archdiocese assigning ...
23 November 2004
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, appointed on 22 November 2004 Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela (Democratic Congo) Father Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., Vice-Provincial of his religious O ...