Acta of the Holy See

• 12 January 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA: TIMIKA NEW DIOCESE, REV. JOHN PHILIP SAKLIL FIRST BISHOP Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has (19 December 2003) established the diocese of Timika dismembering it from the diocese of Jayapura, rendering it suffragan of the Metropolitan See o ...
• 8 January 2004
  AMERICA/MARTINIQUE – SAINT-PIERRE AND FORT DE FRANCE ARCHBISHOP MAURICE MARIE-SAINTE RESIGNS, REV. MICHEL MERANVILLE APPOINTED NEW ARCHBISHOP Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (14 November 2003) accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Saint Pierre and Fort-de-France (Martinique) presented ...
• 7 January 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – KARACHI: MGR EVARIST PINTO APPOINTED METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 7 January 2004, appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi in Pakistan, Mgr Evarist Pinto until now titular Bishop of Castra severiana and Auxili ...
• 7 January 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA – MEDAN: MGR ANICETUS SINAGA APPOINTED COADJUTOR ARCHBISHOP Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 7 January 2004, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of the archdiocese of Medan (Indonesia), Mgr Anicetus Sinaga OFM Cap., transferring him from the See ...
• 7 January 2004
  AFRICA/NIGERIA – BAUCHI VICARIATE ELEVATED TO RANK OF DIOCESE, FIRST BISHOP MGR. JOHN MOORE Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 12 December 2003, elevated the Apostolic Vicariate of Bauchi (Nigeria) to the rank of Diocese making it suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese o ...
• 29 December 2003
  ASIA/BANGLADESH – MYMENSINGH DIOCESE, REV. PAUL PONEN KUBI APPOINTED AUXILIARY Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has, 12 December 2003, appointed Auxiliary of the diocese of Mymensingh (Bangladesh) Reverend Father Paul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C., Vice-Provincial of the Co ...
• 22 December 2003
  ASIA/ ARABIAN PENINSULA – REV. PAUL HINDER APPOINTED AUXILIARY BISHOP FOR THE APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF ARABIA Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has, 12 December 2003, appointed Auxiliary Bishop for the Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia (Arabian Peninsula) Reverend Paul Hinder OFM Cap., Definitor G ...
• 17 December 2003
  AFRICA/NIGERIA – ARCHDIOCESE OF CALABAR: ARCHBISHOP BRIAN DAVID USANGA RESIGNS, BISHOP JOSEPH EDRA UKPO APPOINTED Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 17 December 2003, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Calabar (Nigeria), presented by Archbishop Brian Davi ...
• 15 December 2003
  AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - MINDELO NEW DIOCESE, FIRST BISHOP REV. GOMES FURTADO Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has (14 November 2003) created the diocese of Mindelo in Cape Verde with territory taken from the diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde, rendering it immed ...
• 9 December 2003
  AFRICA/MALI – REVEREND AUGUSTIN TRAORE APPOINTED BISHOP OF SEGOU Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (30 October 2003) appointed Bishop of Segou in Mali, Reverend Father Augustin Traore, until now Rector of the major seminary in Bamako. The Bishop ...
• 9 December 2003
  AFRICA/NIGERIA – ISSELE-UKU DIOCESE: BISHOP EMMANUEL OTTEH RESIGNS, REV. MICHAEL ODOGWU ELUE APPOINTED Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (14 November 2003) appointed Bishop of Issele-Uku in Nigeria, Reverend Father Michael Odogwu Elue, Dean of Theology at Uhiele major seminary. The ...
• 3 December 2003
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR – TOLIARA NEW ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE, FIRST ARCHBISHOP MGR FULGENCE RABEONY Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (14 November 2003) created the new ecclesiastical province of Toliara detaching it from the ecclesiastical province of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar). Th ...
• 2 December 2003
  AFRICA/UGANDA – LIRA DIOCESE BISHOP JOSEPH OYANGA RESIGNS Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, (2 December 2003) accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Lira (Uganda) presented by Bishop Joseph Oyanga in conform ...
• 29 November 2003
  AFRICA/GHANA – KUMASI ARCHDIOCESE, REVEREND GABRIEL JUSTICE YAW ANOKYE APPOINTED AUXILIARY Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has 30 October 2003, appointed Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Kumasi (Ghana) Reverend Father Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye, Professor and vice rector of S ...
• 21 November 2003
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST – ABENGOUROU: BISHOP BRUNO KOUAME RESIGNS, REV. JEAN-JACQUES KOFFI OI KOFFI APPOINTED Vatican City (Fides Service ) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (21 November 2003) accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Abengourou (Ivory Coast), presented by Bishop Bruno Kouam ...