Appointment of vicar apostolic of Rundu, Namibia
Conclusion of the mandate of apostolic administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia, and appointment of apostolic administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the Ordinariate
Conclusion of the mandate of apostolic administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia, and appointment of apostolic administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the Ordinariate
The Holy Father has determined the conclusion of the mandate of Bishop Anthony Randazzo as apostolic administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia, following the appointment of the latter as prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts.
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Steven Joseph Lopes, ordinary bishop of the personal ordinariate of The Chair of Saint Peter, United States and Canada, as apostolic administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the personal ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia.
Appointment of vicar apostolic of Rundu, Namibia
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Linus Ngenomesho, O.M.I., until now apostolic administrator of the apostolic vicariate of Rundu, Namibia, as vicar apostolic of the same circumscription.
Curriculum vitae
Msgr. Linus Ngenomesho, O.M.I., was born on 22 August 1969 in Omatando, archdiocese of Windhoek, Namibia. He studied philosophy and theology at Saint Joseph’s Oblates Scholasticate in Cedera, South Africa.
He was ordained a priest on 26 January 2002 for the Congregation of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.).
He has held the following offices: parish vicar in Gobabis, archdiocese of Windhoek, and assistant master of novices at the O.M.I. Formation House in Dabra (2002-2004); provincial counsellor of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate of the Province of Namibia (2003-2009); director of the O.M.I. Formation House and parish priest of Saint Boniface in Windhoek (2004-2008); dean of the deanery of Windhoek (2004-2008); member of the College of Consultors of the archdiocese of Windhoek (2004-2020); parish priest of Saint Peter Claver in Ukahandja (2009-2010); provincial superior of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate of the Province of Namibia and president of the O.M.I. Region for Africa and Madagascar (2010-2016); secretary general of the Namibian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2016-2020); and to date, apostolic administrator of the apostolic vicariate of Rundu (since 2020).
