Appointment of vicar apostolic of Tierradento, Colombia
Elevation to diocese of the apostolic vicariate of Donkorkrom, Ghana, and appointment of first bishop
Appointment of vicar apostolic of Tierradento, Colombia
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Homero Marín Arboleda, C.M., until now parish priest of Saint Anthony of Padua on Kiriwina Island and of Blessed John Mazzucconi on Woodlark Island, Papua New Guinea, as vicar apostolic of Tierradento, Colombia.
Curriculum vitae
Msgr. Homero Marín Arboleda, C.M., was born on 17 November 1959 in Circasia, Quindio, Colombia. He studied philosophy at the Seminario Mayor La Milagrosa in Medellín, and theology at the Seminario Villa Paúl.
He was ordained a priest on 21 November 1987 for the Congregation of the Mission.
After ordination, he held the roles of parish vicar (1987) and parish priest (1988-1993) in Vitoncó; vice rector and professor at the Seminario Indígena Páez (1988); parish priest of Willa (1988 and 1994); rector of the minor seminary of Páez, and professor at the major seminary. He was awarded a licentiate in missiology from the Pontifical Urbaniana University of Rome (1996), and went on to serve as provincial counsellor in Colombia (1997-2000), formator of the Seminario Indígena Páez (1998-1999) and rector of the Seminario Mayor La Milagrosa in Medellín (2000); vice rector of the seminary in Bomana, Papua New Guinea (2001-2007), parish priest of Holy Name of Jesus in Bomana (2007-2013); superior of the Lazarist Mission in Papua New Guinea (2009-2011); parish priest of Saint Anthony of Padua on Kiriwina Island (since 2013) and of Blessed John Mazzucconi on Woodlark Island (since 2019).
Elevation to diocese of the apostolic vicariate of Donkorkrom, Ghana, and appointment of first bishop
The Holy Father has elevated the apostolic vicariate of Donkorkrom, Ghana, to a diocese, with the same name and territorial configuration, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Accra.
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D., until now vicar apostolic of Donkorkrom, as first bishop of Donkorkrom, Ghana.
STATISTICAL DATA
The diocese of Donkorkrom is in the east of Ghana. It has an area of 5,040 km² and a population of 228,754 inhabitants, of whom 37,462 are Catholic. The diocese consists of 9 parishes, 14 educational institutions, and 3 charitable institutions. There are 14 diocesan priests, 8 religious priests and 22 nuns working there; there are 2 seminarians.
