Home - VIS Vatican - Receive VIS - Contact us - Calendar

The Vatican Information Service is a news service, founded in the Holy See Press Office, that provides information about the Magisterium and the pastoral activities of the Holy Father and the Roman Curia...[]

Last 5 news

VISnews in Twitter Go to YouTube

Monday, November 19, 2007

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, NOV 19, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

 - Msgr. Corrado Pizziolo of the clergy of the diocese of Treviso, Italy, vicar general, as bishop of Vittorio Veneto (area 1,420, population 332,540, Catholics 315,920, priests 299, permanent deacons 17, religious 761), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Scandolara di Zero Branco, Italy in 1949 and ordained a priest in 1975.

 - Archbishop Timothy Paul Broglio, apostolic nuncio to the Dominican Republic and apostolic delegate to Puerto Rico, as military ordinary for the United States of America.

  On Saturday, November 17, it was made public that he appointed:

 - Fr. Mariano Moreno Garcia O.S.A. pastor of the cathedral of the territorial prelature of Cafayate, Argentina, as prelate of Cafayate (area 46,847, population 60,126, Catholics 57,026, priests 15, permanent deacons 1, religious 31). The bishop-elect was born in Milagros, Spain in 1938 and ordained a priest in 1964.

 - Msgr. Terence Patrick Drainey of the clergy of the diocese of Salford, England, rector of St. Cuthbert's College in Ushaw, as bishop of Middlesbrough (area 4,000, population 1,133,553, Catholics 84,553, priests 145, permanent deacons 12, religious 185), England. The bishop-elect was born in Manchester, England in 1949 and ordained a priest in 1975.

 - Fr. Pietro Vittorelli O.S.B., monk and master of novices at Monte Cassino, Italy, as abbot of the same territorial abbey (area 567, population 79,500, Catholics 79,500, priests 73, religious 121). The abbot-elect was born in Rome in 1962 and ordained a priest in 1994.

 - Fr. Juan Antonio Martinez Camino S.J., secretary general of the Spanish Episcopal conference, as auxiliary of Madrid (area 3,663, population 4,050,000, Catholics 3,510,000, priests 3,186, permanent deacons 18, religious 9,972), Spain. The bishop-elect was born in Santa Cruz de Marcenado-Siero, Spain in 1953 and ordained a priest in 1980.

 - Archbishop Jose Octavio Ruiz Arenas, emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia, and vice-president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, as a member of the Congregation for Bishops.

 - Archbishop Fernando Filoni, substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, as a consultor of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
NER:NEA:NA/.../...                            VIS 20071119 (360)


No comments:

Post a Comment

Copyright © VIS - Vatican Information Service