ASIA/VIETNAM - Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on February 21, 2009, appointed Fr. Vincent Nguyên Van Ban, head of seminarian formation for the Diocese of Quy Nhon and professor at the Nha Trang Major Se ...
16 February 2009
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Auxiliary Bishop of Lahore appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on February 14, 2009, appointed Fr. Francis Shah, O.F.M., formerly Provincial Minister of the Order of Friars Minor in Pakistan, as Auxiliary Bishop of the A ...
13 February 2009
ASIA/INDONESIA - Archbishop of Medan resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 12 February 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Medan (Indonesia) presented by Archbishop Alfred Gonti Piu ...
13 February 2009
AFRICA/GHANA - Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 12 February 2009, appointed Bishop Philip Naameh, until now Bishop of Damongo, as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 13/2/2 ...
12 February 2009
ASIA/THAILAND - Bishop of Chiang Mai resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 10 February 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Chiang Mai (Thailand) presented by Bishop Joseph Sangval Suras ...
12 February 2009
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Bishop of Fenoarivo-Atsinanana appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 10 February 2009, appointed Fr. Marcellin Randriamamonjy, of the clergy of Ambositra, Rector of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Vohitsoa (Fianarant ...
12 February 2009
ASIA/INDIA - Bishop of Simla-Chandigarh appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 10 February 2009, appointed Fr. Ignatius Loyola Mascarenhas, of the clergy of Delhi, Rector of the Regional Propedeutical Seminary in Kauli, as Bishop ...
12 February 2009
ASIA/INDIA - Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 10 February 2009, appointed Monsignor Binay Kandulna of the clergy of Khunti, collaborator at the Apostolic Nunciature in New Delhi, as Auxiliary Bisho ...
12 February 2009
ASIA/KOREA - Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 10 February 2009, appointed Fr. Augustinus Kim Jong Soo, Rector of the Major Seminary in Daejeon, as Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon (Korea) assigning him ...
12 February 2009
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Apostolic Vicar of El Peten appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 10 February 2009, appointed Fr. Mario Fiandri, SDB, President of the Salesian Theologate in Guatemala, Apostolic Vicar of El Peten (Guatemala), assigni ...
9 February 2009
AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Bishop of Gaborone resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 5 February 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Gaborone (Botswana) presented by Bishop Boniface Tshosa Setlale ...
9 February 2009
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Enugu resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 9 February 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Gaborone (Botswana) presented by Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji, ...
26 January 2009
ASIA/MYANMAR - Erection of the Diocese of Hpa-An, first Bishop appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on January 24, 2009, erected the Diocese of Hpa-An (Myanmar), with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Yangon, making it a suffragan of the same Metropol ...
ASIA/INDIA - Auxiliary Bishops of Delhi appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on January 17, 2009, appointed Fr. Franco Mulakkal of the clergy of Jullundur, India, treasurer of the Apostolic Union of the Clergy and consultor of the Pon ...
