Pope Benedict XVI appointed Monsignor Julio Cesar Corniel Amaro new Bishop of the Diocese of Puerto Plata. A former vice rector of the Roman Catholic Church’s Pontificio Santo Tomas de Aquino Seminary, Monsignor Julio Cesar Corniel Amaro was previously a priest in San Francisco de Macoris. The 46-year old priest was born in Rio San Juan, Maria Trinidad Sanchez province. He is a graduate in canon law from the Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca in Spain.