Appointment of bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
Appointment of members of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
Appointment of consultors of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
Appointment of bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Héctor David García Osorio of Yoro, Honduras, as bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras.
Curriculum vitae
Bishop Héctor David García Osorio was born in Concepción de María, diocese of Choluteca, on 23 September 1966. He studied philosophy and theology at the Seminario Mayor Nuestra Señora de Suyapa in Tegucigalpa, and was awarded a licentiate in spiritual theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome.
He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Choluteca on 8 November 1997.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar of San Pablo in Choluteca; diocesan coordinator of delegates for the celebration of the Word of God; diocesan vicar for pastoral care; chancellor of the diocesan Curia; vicar general of the diocese; rector of the Seminario Menor Pablo VI in Choluteca; parish priest of San Jerónimo in Goascorán; formator and vice rector of the Seminario Mayor Nuestra Señora de Suyapa in Tegucigalpa; assistant secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Honduras.
On 3 July 2014 he was appointed bishop of Yoro, Honduras, receiving episcopal ordination the following 20 September. He is currently president of the Secretariado Episcopal de América Central (S.E.D.A.C.).
Appointment of members of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
The Holy Father has appointed the following as members of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue: Their Eminences Cardinals Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M., Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem; Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D., archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan; Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv., archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan of the Latins, Iran; and Frank Leo, archbishop of Toronto, Canada; Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham, United Kingdom; Archbishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski of Saint Louis, United States of America; Archbishop Yagop Mourad of Homs of the Syrians, Syria; Archbishop Vira Arpondratana of Bangkok, Thailand; Bishop Joseph Chau Ngoc Tri of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Vietnam; Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of Umtata, South Africa; Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp., of Ponta de Pedras, Brazil; Bishop José Luis Mumbiela Sierra of Holy Trinity in Almaty, Kazakhstan; Bishop Ollo Modeste Kambou of Gaoua, Burkina Faso; Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick, Ireland; Bishop Paolo Martinelli, O.F.M. Cap., vicar apostolic of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates; Bishop Derio Olivero of Pinerolo, Italy; Bishop Christophorus Tri Harsono of Purwokerto, Indonesia; Bishop Bertram Johannes Meier of Augsburg, Germany; Bishop Wilybard Lagho of Malindi, Kenya; Bishop Yousaf Sohan of Multan, Pakistan; and Bishop Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishantha Silva of Badulla, Sri Lanka.
Appointment of consultors of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
The Holy Father has appointed the following as consultors of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity: the Reverend Father Russell McDougall, C.S.C., executive director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; and the distinguished Professor Christian Stoll, executive director of the Johann-Adam-Möhler-Instituts für Ökumenik presso la Theologische Fakultät Paderborn, Germany.
