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Denis Wiehe
Denis Wiehe C.S.Sp.
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(born 21 May 1940 Curepipe
Curepipe () also known as ''La Ville-Lumière'' (The City of Light), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Curepipe ...
, Mauritius
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) is the former Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Victoria
) is the only Latin Catholic diocese in the Seychelles.
It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, and remains missionary, governed by the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Immacul ...
, Seychelles, where he is now bishop emeritus. He succeeded Bishop Xavier-Marie Baronnet in 2002.
Wiehe was ordained a Catholic priest
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within the Holy Ghost Fathers on 17 August 1969. He was first appointed a coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Port Victoria on 24 April 2001. On 1 June 2002 Wiehe was elevated to Bishop of the Port Victoria, succeeding Bishop Baronnet, who retired.
On 10 September 2020, his resignation was accepted by Pope Francis
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, while Bishop Alain Harel Alain may refer to:
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, the Vicar Apostolic of Rodrigues in Mauritius, was appointed as his successor.
See also
*Roman Catholicism in Seychelles
The Catholic Church in Seychelles is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope.
There are around 70,000 Catholics in the Seychelles - almost 76.2% of the total population. Seychelles forms a single diocese ...
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