POPE TO CONFER EPISCOPAL ORDINATION ON TEN PRESBYTERS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 29, 2001 (VIS) - According to a communique made public today by the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, in the Vatican Basilica at 9 a.m. on Sunday January 6, 2002, Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, John Paul II will confer episcopal ordination on the following ten priests:

1. Msgr. Giuseppe Pinto of the clergy of the diocese of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy, born May 26, 1952, ordained a priest April 1, 1978, elected titular archbishop of Anglona and appointed apostolic nuncio in Senegal and apostolic delegate in Mauritania on December 4, 2001.

2. Msgr. Claudio Gugerotti of the clergy of the diocese of Verona, Italy, born October 7, 1955, ordained a priest May 29, 1982, elected titular archbishop of Ravello and appointed apostolic nuncio in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan on December 7, 2001.

3. Msgr. Adolfo Tito Yllana of the clergy of the archdiocese of Caceres, Philippines, born February 6, 1948, ordained a priest March 19, 1972, elected titular archbishop of Montecorvino and appointed apostolic nuncio in Papua New Guinea on December 13, 2001.

4. Msgr. Giovanni D'Aniello of the clergy of the diocese of Aversa, Italy, born January 5, 1955, ordained a priest December 8, 1978, elected titular archbishop of Paestum and appointed pontifical representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on December 15, 2001.

5. Msgr. Daniel Mizonzo of the clergy of the diocese of Nkayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, born September 29, 1953, ordained a priest July 12, 1981, elected bishop of Nkayi on October 16, 2001.

6. Msgr. Louis Portella of the clergy of the diocese of Pointe-Noire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, born July 28, 1942, ordained a priest December 31, 1967, elected bishop of Kinkala, Democratic Republic of the Congo on October 16, 2001.

7. Msgr. Marcel Utembi Tapa of the clergy of the diocese of Mahagi-Nioka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, born January 7, 1959, ordained a priest June 29, 1984, elected bishop of Mahagi-Nioka on October 16, 2001.

8. Msgr. Franco Agostinelli of the clergy of the diocese of Arezzo, Italy, born January 1, 1944, ordained a priest June 9, 1968, elected bishop of Grosseto, Italy, on November 17, 2001.

9. Msgr. Amandio Jose Tomas of the clergy of the diocese of Vila Real, Portugal, born April 23, 1943, ordained a priest August 15, 1967, elected titular bishop of Feradi Maggiore and appointed auxiliary to the archbishop of Evora, Portugal, on October 5, 2001.
10. Msgr. Vittorio Lanzani of the clergy of the diocese of Pavia, Italy, born June 14, 1951, ordained a priest April 3, 1976, elected titular bishop of Labico and appointed delegate of the Fabric of St. Peter's on November 17, 2001.

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