Leading expert in mission with Indigenous, Miguel Fritz ordained bishop in Paraguay

Leading expert in mission with Indigenous, Miguel Fritz ordained bishop in Paraguay

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – With a mission in Paraguay that began 40 years ago, the new bishop of Pilcomayo – a vicariate in the Chaco mostly inhabited by Indigenous groups – German-born Miguel Fritz, was defined by Cardinal Adalberto Martínez as a “shepherd with the smell of sheep,” repeating an analogy famously used by Pope Francis in different occasions. Martínez, who presided over the ordination of Fritz on Jul. 14, emphasized that he devoted his wh…