Resignation and appointment of apostolic administrator for Catholic faithful of Byzantine rite resident in Belarus
Appointment of military ordinary for Bolivia
Resignation and appointment of apostolic administrator for Catholic faithful of Byzantine rite resident in Belarus
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the office of apostolic administrator for Catholic faithful of Byzantine rite resident in Belarus presented by the Most Reverend Archimandrite Jan Sergiusz Gajek, M.I.C., and has appointed the Reverend Fr. Liavoncij Tumouski, M.S.U., as apostolic administrator of the same ecclesiastical circumscription.
Curriculum vitae
The Reverend Fr. Liavoncij (Aliaksandr) Tumouski, M.S.U., was born on 9 July 1973 in Polotsk, diocese of Vitebsk, Belarus. On 27 May 1995 he entered the Monastery of the Studite Monks at the Lavra of Univ, Ukraine, where he gave his simple vows in 1997 and his solemn vows in 2000.
He studied philosophy and theology at the major seminary of Lviv, and at the Catholic Ukrainian University in Lviv, obtaining a master’s degree in theology. From 2008 to 2018, he furthered his studies in Rome, obtaining a licentiate and, subsequently, a doctorate in theology at the Pontifical Oriental Institute.
He was ordained a deacon in 2002, and received priestly ordination on 18 May 2003.
He has held the following offices: prior of the Monastery of Saints Borys and Hleb in Polotsk, Belarus (2003-2008), vice dean of the parishes of the Belarusian Greek-Catholic Church (2004-2006) and dean of the protopresbytery of the East (2006-2008), head of the pastoral care of Ukrainian Byzantine faithful in Greece (2015), and, to date, head of the pastoral care of the Belarusian Greek-Catholic Church in Poland (since 2022).
Appointment of military ordinary for Bolivia
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P., until now titular of Temuniana, auxiliary of the archdiocese of La Paz and apostolic administrator of the military ordinariate of Bolivia, as military ordinary of Bolivia.
Curriculum vitae
Bishop Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P., was born on 7 June 1968 in La Paz, Bolivia. He was awarded a licentiate in religious sciences from the Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo and a bachelor’s degree and a licentiate from the Instituto Superior de Estudios Teológicos (ISET) in La Paz.
He joined the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ (Passionists) in 1997, and was ordained a priest on 19 June 2004.
After ordination, he first held the roles of teacher of religion in various secondary school institutes in La Paz (1994-1997); head and parish priest of the parish of Ayo Ayo, prelature of Coro Coro (2004-2006); and vicar at the Sanctuary of Santa Gema in Madrid (2007-2010). He wa awarded a licentiate in dogmatic theology at the Pontifical University Comillas in Madrid (2009), and went on to serve as parish priest and superior of the Passionist parish Señor de la Exaltación in Obrajes, La Paz (2011-2022); professor of eschatology, ecclesiollogy and soteriology at the San Jerónimo Major Seminary of La Paz (2012-2019); episcopal vicar of the Zona Sur of the archdiocese of La Paz (2011-2021); Passionist counsellor for Bolivia (2017-2022); vicar foranoe of the archdiocese of La Paz (2017-2022).
On 22 February 2022 he was appointed titular bishop of Temuniana and auxiliary of the archdiocese of La Paz, receiving episcopal ordination the following 5 May, and held the following additional offices: apostolic administrator of the military ordinariate for Bolivia (since 2022); delegate of the Bolivian Conference at the Synod of Bishops in Rome (2023-2024); head and coordinator of the Vicaria Educativa and the Vicaria de Catequesis y Biblia of the archdiocese of La Paz (since 2023); president delegate of the Executive Committee of the Centre for the Promotion of the Laity (CEPROLAI) (since 2024); head and coordinator of Catechesis and Scripture within the Evangelization Section of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference (since 2024); and chair of the Fundación Jubileo of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference (since 2024).
