21.06.2007, [14:29] // UGCC // RISU.ORG.UA
Kyiv – On 20 June 2007 in the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI blessed the decision of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church to appoint Fr. Daniel Kozelinski Netto of the clergy of the eparchy of Sao Joao Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians, Brazil, as auxiliary of the same eparchy (Catholics 161,500, priests 81, permanent deacons 2, religious 553).
The bishop-elect was born in Colonia Paraiso, Brazil, in 1952 and ordained a priest in 1980.
Sources: Vatican Information Service