Pope Benedict Makes Changes in Ethiopia

July 24th, 2009 | EthioPolitics.com |

Catholic Information Service for Africa

Vatican — Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Fr. Theodorus van Ruijven C.M., apostolic prefect of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia, and apostolic administrator of Nekemte, Ethiopia, as apostolic vicar of Nekemte.

The Vicariate of Nekemte has 6.5 million people of whom 45,000 are Catholics, served by 32 priests. The bishop-elect was born in Rijswijk, Holland in 1938 and ordained a priest in 1964.