Home - VIS Vatican - Receive VIS - Contact us - Calendar

The Vatican Information Service is a news service, founded in the Holy See Press Office, that provides information about the Magisterium and the pastoral activities of the Holy Father and the Roman Curia...[]

Last 5 news

VISnews in Twitter Go to YouTube

Thursday, November 20, 2008

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 19 NOV 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Mauricio Grotto de Camargo of Assis, Brazil, as archbishop of Botucatu (area 10,348, population 501,000, Catholics 425,000, priests 54, permanent deacons 12, religious 156), Brazil. The archbishop-elect was born in Presidente Prudente, Brazil in 1957, he was ordained a priest in 1981 and consecrated a bishop in 2000. He succeeds Archbishop Aloysio Jose Leal Penna S.J., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
NER:RE/.../GROTTO:LEAL                        VIS 20081119 (100)


No comments:

Post a Comment

Copyright © VIS - Vatican Information Service