Announcements of recent changes in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. This blog serves as a supplement to the main Catholic-Hierarchy website. Note: this blog and the website are NOT officially sanctioned or approved by any church authority.
31 October 2007
Freitas Ribeiro named Oliveira Bishop
Bishop Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro was named Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The diocese had been vacant since the death of Bishop Jésus Rocha in July 2006. Bishop Freitas Ribeiro had been serving as Bishop of Tocantinópolis.
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