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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec

On Tuesday, February 22, 2011, Vatican Information Service (VIS) and Catholic News Service (CNS), announced that Pope Benedict XVI had named the 53-year-old Bishop Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, until then an Auxiliary Bishop (assistant bishop) of Quebec (since 2009), as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec and Primate of Canada.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ebebiyin

On Saturday, February 19, 2011, Vatican Information Service (VIS) stated that Pope Benedict XVI finally appointed the Reverend Father Juan Nsue Edjang Maye, until then pastor of the parishes of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Our Lady of Help on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, as the new Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ebebiyin in Equatorial Guinea.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Tyler

On September 29, 2012, it was announced by the diocese's website, and by the Holy See - on the Vatican's Holy See Press Office Vatican Information Service (VIS) site – that Monsignor Joseph E. Strickland had been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to serve as the fourth bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Tyler.


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