Resignation and appointment of bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico
Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Isiolo, Kenya
Resignation and appointment of bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico, presented by Bishop Oscar Armando Campos Contreras.
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Herculano Medina Garfias, until now titular of Gegi and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Morelia, as bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico.
Curriculum vitae
Bishop Medina Garfias was born on 27 November 1967 in Rincón de Cedeños, archdiocese of Morelia. He was awarded a licentiate in social doctrine from the Universidad Alberto Hurtado (UAH) in Santiago del Chile, and a diploma in Desarrollo Social y Cooperativismo.
He was ordained a priest on 5 February 1996, and incardinated in the archdiocese of Morelia.
He has held the following offices: head of social pastoral care and archdiocesan Caritas, spiritual director, teacher and bursar of the seminary.
He was appointed titular bishop of Gegi and auxiliary of Morelia on 1 December 2015, receiving episcopal ordination on 25 February 2016.
Within the Episcopal Conference, he has been head of the dimension of faith since 2021.
Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Isiolo, Kenya
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C., until now provincial superior of the Consolata Missionaries in Kenya and Uganda.
Curriculum vitae
Msgr. Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C., was born on 6 May 1975 in Nairobi, in the archdiocese of the same name. He began his religious formation as a Consolata Missionary in Nairobi at the Consolata Seminary where he carried out his postulate and completed his studies in philosophy. He carried out his novitiate in Sagana, Kenya, and gave his first vows on 6 August 1999. He completed his studies in theology in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the Institut Saint-Eugène de Mazenod and gave his perpetual vows on 5 December 2003.
He was ordained a priest on 20 November in the diocese of Machakos.
After ordination, he was awarded a diploma in canon law from the Universidad Monteávila in Caracas, Venezuela.
He has held the following offices: parish priest in Carapita, archdiocese of Caracas (2006-2014), and delegate superior for Venezuela for two mandates (2014-2019). Since 2019 he has served as provincial superior of the Consolata Missionaries in Kenya and Uganda.
