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VATICAN CITY, 28 DEC 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Gabriel Sayaogo
of the clergy of the diocese of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso, vicar general, as
bishop of Manga (area 9,870, population 574,622, Catholics 107,104, priests 16,
religious 21), Burkina Faso. The bishop-elect was born in Niessega, Burkina
Faso in 1962 and ordained a priest in 1991. He succeeds Bishop Wenceslas
Compaore, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy
Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

On Monday 27 December it was made public that the Holy Father appointed Fr.
Ferenc Palanki of the clergy of the diocese of Vac, Hungary, spiritual director
of the minor seminary, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Eger (area 11,500,
population 1,264,000, Catholics 692,000, priests 209, permanent deacons 14,
religious 57), Hungary. The bishop-elect was born in Balassagyarmat, Hungary in
1964 and ordained a priest in 1994.
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