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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 11, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha of Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil, as metropolitan archbishop of Mariana (area 22,680, population 1,163,320, Catholics 927,300, priests 200, permanent deacons 15, religious 286), Brazil.

 - Appointed Bishop Bruno Pedron S.D.B., of Jardim, Brazil, as bishop of Ji-Parana (area 100,000, population 733,000, Catholics 409,000, priests 49, religious 103), Brazil. He succeeds Bishop Antonio Possamai S.D.B., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Fr. Santiago Agrelo Martinez O.F.M., professor at the theological institute of Compostela, Spain, as archbishop of Tanger (area 28,000, population 4,200,000, Catholics 2,000, priests 9, religious 84), Morocco. The archbishop-elect was born in 1942 and ordained a priest in 1966.

  On Tuesday, April 10, it was made public that he:

 - Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Des Moines, U.S.A., presented by Bishop Joseph L. Charron C.PP.S., in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

 - Appointed Bishop Hipolito Reyes Larios of Orizaba, Mexico as metropolitan archbishop of Jalapa (area 6,137, population 1,156,000, Catholics 1,105,000, priests 144, religious 309), Mexico. The archbishop-elect was born in Ciudad Mendoza, Mexico in 1946, he was ordained a priest in 1973, and consecrated a bishop in 2000. He succeeds Archbishop Sergio Obeso Rivera, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Bishop Reinaldo Del Prette Lissot of Maracay, Venezuela, as metropolitan archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela (area 3,921, population 1,981,767, Catholics 1,771,000, priests 121, permanent deacons 1, religious 244), Venezuela. The archbishop-elect was born in Valencia in 1952, he was ordained a priest in 1976, and consecrated a bishop in 1994.

  On Thursday, April 5, it was made public that he appointed Msgr. Salvatore Visco of the clergy of the diocese of Pozzuoli, Italy, vicar general, as bishop of Isernia-Venafro (area 740, population 63,000, Catholics 60,000, priests 75, permanent deacons 12, religious 70), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Naples, Italy in 1948 and ordained a priest in 1973.
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