POPE TO CONFER EPISCOPAL ORDINATION UPON NINE PRIESTS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 16, 2001 (VIS) - According to a communique made public today by the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, on Monday, March 19, Solemnity of St. Joseph, at 9:30 a.m. in the Vatican Basilica, John Paul II will confer episcopal ordination upon the following nine priests:

1. Msgr. Fernando Filoni, titular archbishop-elect of Volturno, and appointed apostolic nuncio in Iraq and Jordan.

2. Msgr. Henryk Jozef Nowacki, titular archbishop-elect of Blera, and appointed apostolic nuncio in Slovakia.

3. Msgr. Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio, titular archbishop-elect of Amiterno, and appointed apostolic nuncio in the Dominican Republic and apostolic delegate in Puerto Rico.

4. Msgr. Domenico Sorrentino, archbishop-prelate-elect of Pompeii, Italy, and appointed pontifical delegate of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary.

5. Msgr. Tomasz Peta, apostolic administrator in Astana, Kazakhstan, and titular bishop-elect of Brenda.

6. Msgr. Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, and titular bishop-elect of Vescovio.

7. Msgr. Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., titular bishop-elect of Agropoli, and appointed secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

8. Msgr. Giampaolo Crepaldi, titular bishop-elect of Bisarcio, and appointed secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

9. Msgr. Djura Dzudzar, titular bishop-elect of Acrasso, and appointed auxiliary of the eparchy of Mukacheve in Transcarpathia, Ukraine.

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