VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXII - # 180   
   DATE 15-10-2015   
      
   Summary:   
   - Conference on the parents of St. Therese   
   - Other Pontifical Acts   
      
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    Conference on the parents of St. Therese   
    Vatican City, 15 October 2015 (VIS) - At 11.30 a.m. tomorrow, Friday 16   
   October, in the Holy See Press Office, the French Episcopal Conference will   
   present an overview of the parents of St. Therese de Lisieux, to be canonised   
   on   
   Sunday by Pope Francis. The life and work of the blesseds Louis and Zelie   
   Martin   
   will be presented by Rev. Fr. Olivier Ruffray, rector of the shrine of Lisieux,   
   Fr. Jean-Marie Simar, rector of the shrine of Alencon, an Fr. Antonino   
   Sangalli,   
   postulator of the cause.   
      
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    Other Pontifical Acts   
    Vatican City, 15 October 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has:   
    - appointed Rev. Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve as bishop of Mocoa - Sibundoy   
   (area 25,282, population 347,510, Catholics 300,200, priests 81, permanent   
   deacons 4, religious 98), Colombia. The bishop-elect was born in Fredonia,   
   Colombia in 1958 and ordained a priest in 1986. He holds a licentiate in   
   spiritual theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, and has   
   served as formator and spiritual director of the major seminary, professor and   
   chaplain at the Pontifical Bolivarian University, parish priest and   
   administrator of a priestly society. He is currently episcopal vicar of the   
   diocese of Medellin, Colombia.   
    - appointed Bishop Titus Joseph Mdoe, auxiliary of the archdiocese of   
   Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, as bishop of Mtwara (area 7,780, population 884,000,   
   Catholics 75,800, priests 41, religious 306), Tanzania. He succeeds Bishop   
   Gabriel Mmole, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese   
   upon   
   reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.   
    - appointed Fr. Edgardo Cedeno Munoz, S.V.D., as bishop of Penonome (area   
   4,927, population 259,000, Catholics 210, 337, priests 25, religious 34),   
   Panama. The bishop-elect was born in Panama City, Panama in 1960, took his   
   religious vows in 1988 and was ordained a priest in 1989. He has served in a   
   number of roles within his order including provincial superior, formator,   
   provincial bursar, as well as chaplain and parish priest. He is currently   
   pastor   
   of the parish of the "Virgen de la Medalla Milagrosa" in Panama City.   
    - appointed Fr. George Desmond Tambala, O.C.D., as bishop of Zomba (area   
   3,232,   
   population 822,450, Catholics 232,976, priests 42, religious 81), Malawi. The   
   bishop-elect was born in Zomba, Malawi in 1968, gave his religious vows in 1991   
   and was ordained a priest in 1996. He holds a licentiate in theology, has   
   served   
   in a number of roles within his order, and has been a seminary professor and   
   president of the Association of Superiors Major in Malawi. He is currently   
   definitor general of the Carmelites.   
    - accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of Spis, Slovakia,   
   presented by Bishop Andrej Imrich in accordance with canons 411 and 402 para. 2   
   of the Code of Canon Law.   
      
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