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Vicar Delegate in Madagascar’s Maintirano Diocese Appointed Catholic Bishop for Same Episcopal See

May 3, 2024

Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Clément Herizo Rakotoasimbola, who has been serving as Vicar Delegate of the Apostolic Administrator “sede vacante” of Maintirano Diocese in Madagascar as the Local Ordinary of the same Episcopal See.

Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru (left), appointed pioneer Bishop of the newly erected Catholic Diocese of Wote in Kenya and Bishop Gustavo Bombín Espino (right), appointed Archbishop of Toliara Archdiocese in Madagascar in Madagascar. Credit: Seed Consolata/La Sede de Pedro

Pope Francis Appoints Pioneer Bishop for Kenyan New Diocese, New Archbishop in Madagascar

Jul 22, 2023

Pope Francis has erected the Catholic Diocese of Wote as a new Episcopal See in Kenya and appointed Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru, who has been serving as the Local Ordinary of Kenya’s Embu Diocese as its pioneer Bishop.

Maintirano Diocese

Vicar Delegate in Madagascar’s Maintirano Diocese Appointed Catholic Bishop for Same Episcopal See

Pope Francis Appoints Pioneer Bishop for Kenyan New Diocese, New Archbishop in Madagascar

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