Bishops appointed

The Holy See has announced a number of appointments recently made by the Holy Father and effective today, including:

"Msgr. Charles Daniel Balvo, counsellor to the apostolic nunciature in Lithuania, as apostolic nuncio to New Zealand, Fiji Islands, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Samoa, Vanuatu, Tonga, Nauru, Kiribati, Palau, Cook Islands and apostolic delegate to the Pacific Ocean, at the same time raising him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in New York, U.S.A., in 1951."

Bishop Nestor Celestial Carino, auxiliary of Daet, as bishop of Legazpi and Bishop Artemio Lomboy Rillera S.D.B. of Bangued as bishop of San Fernando de La Union (all of these dioceses are in the Philippines).

Bishop Leopoldo Jose Brenes Solorzano of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, as archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua, succeeding the retiring Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo S.D.B.,