AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of bishop of Wa
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Francis Bomansaan, M.Afr., until now deputy superior general of the Missionaries of Africa, as bishop of the diocese of Wa, Ghana.
Msgr. Fran ...
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Jhansi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 11, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Wilfred Gregory Moras, of the clergy of Lucknow, until now rector of Saint Joseph’s Regional Seminary in the diocese of Allahabad, as coa ...
13 May 2024
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Verapoly
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 11, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Antony Valumkal, until now rector and parish priest of the National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom in Vallarpadom, Kochi, as auxilia ...
6 May 2024
AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Isiolo
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 4, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Fr. Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C., until now provincial superior of the Consolata Missionaries in Kenya and Uganda.
Msgr. Peter Munguti Makau ...
3 May 2024
AMERICA/DOMINICA - Appointment of bishop of Roseau
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Kendrick John Forbes, of the clergy of the metropolitan archdiocese of Nassau, Bahamas, until now vicar general, judicial vicar and parish priest ...
3 May 2024
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of bishop of Ahiara
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F., until now titular bishop of Rusgunie and auxiliary of the apostolic administrator sede vacante of Ahiara, as bishop of the ...
2 May 2024
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of bishop of Maintirano (Madagascar)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Clément Herizo Rakotoasimbola, M.S., until now parish priest of the district of Antsalova and vicar delegate of the apostolic administrator o ...
2 May 2024
OCEANIA/KIRIBATI AND NAURU - Appointment of bishop of Tarawa and Nauru
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Father Simon Mani, M.S.C., until now rector of the Pacific Regional Seminary of Suva.
Msgr. Simone Mani, M.S.C., was born on 27 March 1969 in Lab ...
15 April 2024
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of Bishop of Buta
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Martin Banga Ayanyaki, O.S.A., until now regional vicar of the Order of Saint Augustine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as bishop of ...
6 April 2024
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Goa and Damão
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Simiao Purificaçao Fernandes of the clergy of Goa and Damão, India, until now director of the Saint Pius X Pastoral Institute, as auxiliary bish ...
5 April 2024
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of the Bishop of Kwito-Bié
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 28, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Vicente Sanombo, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Huambo, until now vicar general and parish priest of the Cathedral, as bishop of the ...
4 April 2024
AFRICA/TUNISIA - Resignation and appointment of archbishop of Tunis
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Tunis, Tunisia, presented by Archbishop Ilario Antoniazzi.
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Ni ...
27 March 2024
AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Eldoret
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Revrend John Kiplimo Lelei, of the clergy of Eldoret, Kenya, until now vicar general, as auxiliary bishop of the same diocese, assigning him the titular se ...
26 March 2024
ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Yangon
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Francis Than Htun, until now parish priest of Saint John’s Catholic Church, as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Yangon, Myanmar, assigning ...
