Biskop Samuel Ruiz Garcia, 75 år, går av fra sitt bispedømme i Chiapas

On March 31, 2000, The Holy Father appointed Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of Tapachula, Mexico, as bishop of San Cristobal de las Casas (area 36,821, population 1,454,233, Catholics 974,336, priests 56, permanent deacons 311, religious 198), Mexico. He succeeds Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

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