VATICAN CITY, 27 APR 2011 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father appointed   
      
   - Bishop Felipe de Jesus Estevez, previously auxiliary bishop of the   
   archdiocese of Miami, as bishop of Saint Augustine (area 28,575, population   
   1,966,314, Catholics 171,000, priests 136, permanent deacons 62, religious   
   118), USA. He succeeds Bishop Victor B. Galeone, whose resignation from the   
   pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having   
   reached the age limit.   
      
   - Bishop Dario Campos, O.F.M. of Leopoldina, Brasil as bishop of Cachoeiro   
      
   Subject: VISnews 110427   
   Organization: VIS - Ufficio Stampa della Santa Sede   
   From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt    
      
   de Itapemirim (area 10,073, population 661,000, Catholics 395,000, priests   
   71, permanent deacons 41, religious 73), Brasil.   
      
    On Monday, 25 April, the Holy Father appointed Msgr. Charles C. Thompson of   
   the clergy of the archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky, vicar general and   
   pastor of Holy Trinity Parish, as Bishop of Evansville (area 12,971,   
   population 501,000, Catholics 87,800, priests 75, permanent deacons 52,   
   religious 255), USA. The bishop-elect was born in Louisville, Kentucky in   
   1961 and ordained a priest in 1987. He succeeds Bishop Gerald Andrew   
   Gettelfinger, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese   
   the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.   
      
    On Holy Thursday, 21 April, the Holy Father accepted the resignation of   
   Bishop Mose Marcia, auxiliary bishop of the Cagliari archdiocese, from the   
   pastoral care of the diocese of Nuoro (area 2,806, population 124,708,   
   Catholics 122,447, priests 94, permanent deacons 8, religious 125), Italy,   
   upon having reached the age limit. He succeeds Bishop Pietro Meloni, whose   
   resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father   
   accepted, upon having reached the age limit.   
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