OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, NOV 24, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Entrusted the charge of pontifical legate for the solemn dedication of the new cathedral church of Tirana, Albania, to Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of state. The sacred rite will take place on January 26, 2002.

- Appointed as consultors of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue: Msgr. Joseph Dinh Duc Dao, Vietnamese, of the International Center of Missionary Activity, Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples; Fr. Marco Gnavi, secretary of the Commission for Ecumenism and Inter-religious Dialogue of the Vicariate of Rome; Fr. Pierre Masri, professor at the University of Balamand, Lebanon; Fr. Louis Sako, of the Chaldean rite, pastor of Mossul of the Chaldeans, Iraq; Fr. Hanna Kildani, of the Latin patriarchate of Jerusalem, pastor of Fuhais, Jordan; Fr. Angelo Amato, S.D.B., professor at the Pontifical Salesian University, Rome; Fr. Giovanni Bosco Masayuki Shirieda, S.D.B., former under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue; Fr. Michel Fedou, S.J., professor at the Centre Sevres, Paris; Fr. Ignatius Ismartono, S.J., secretary of the Commission for Inter-religious Dialogue, Episcopal Conference of Indonesia; Fr. S. Michael S.V.D., director of the Center for Indian Culture and Inter-religious Dialogue, Bombay, India; Fr. Kieran O'Reilly, superior general of the Society of African Missions, Rome; Fr. Pietro Sonoda, O.F.M. Conv., provincial superior, Buddhism expert, Japan; Sr. Bruno M. Colin, O.S.B., president of Inter-religious Monastic Dialogue, Belgium; Sr. Lorraine Delaney, superior general of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambery, Rome; Sr. Catherine Jarra, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, counsellor of the Project for Christian Muslim Relations in Africa, Banjul, Gambia; Sr. Teresa Seow, Canossian, member of the Inter-religious Organization, Singapore; Dr. Julius Lipner, professor at Cambridge University, Great Britain; Dr. Jean-Paul Messina, professor of Church History and Inter-religious Dialogue, Catholic University of Yaounde, secretary of the Commission for Ecumenism and Inter-religious Dialogue, National Episcopal Conference of Camerun; Dr. Donna Orsuto, professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.

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