Valenzuela Mellid named Chaco Paraguayo Vicar

Bishop-elect Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B. was named Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay and titular bishop of Uzalis. The Vicariate had been without an ordinary since Bishop Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B. was named Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay) in July 2003.