VATICAN CITY
Vatican Information Service
Vatican City, 5 June 2012 (VIS) – The Holy Father appointed Fr. Florian Worner of the clergy of Augsburg, Germany, diocesan director for the pastoral care of young people, as auxiliary of the same diocese (area 13,250, population 2,299,092, Catholics 1,360,575, priests 1020, permanent deacons 153, religious 2,125). The bishop-elect was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany in 1970 and ordained a priest in 1997. He has served in pastoral care in various parishes and has worked in the “Jugend 2000” youth association. Since 2009 he has also been vicar of the cathedral of Augsburg.
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