POPE TO CONFER EPISCOPAL ORDINATION ON TWELVE PRESBYTERS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 30 2002 (VIS) - According to a communique made public today by the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, John Paul II will confer episcopal ordination on the following twelve priests in the Vatican Basilica at 9 a.m. on Monday January 6, 2003, Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord:

1. Msgr. Paul Tschang In-Nam of the clergy of the diocese of Ch'ongiu, Korea, born October 30, 1949, ordained a priest December 17, 1976, elected titular archbishop of Amanzia and appointed apostolic nuncio in Bangladesh on October 19, 2002.

2. Msgr. Celestino Migliore of the clergy of the diocese of Cuneo, Italy, born July 1, 1952, ordained a priest June 25, 1977, elected titular archbishop of Canosa and appointed permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations Organization (U.N.) October 30, 2002.

3. Msgr. Pierre Nguyen Van Tot of the clergy of the diocese of Phu Cuong, Vietnam, born April 15, 1949, ordained a priest March 24, 1974, elected titular archbishop of Rusticiana and appointed apostolic nuncio in Benin and Togo on November 25, 2002.

4. Msgr. Pedro Lopez Quintana of the clergy of the archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, born July 27, 1953, ordained a priest June 15, 1980, elected titular archbishop of Agropoli and appointed apostolic nuncio on December 12, 2002.

5. Msgr. Angelo Amato of Salesian Society of Saint John Bosco, born June 8, 1938, ordained a priest December 22, 1967, elected titular archbishop of Sila and appointed Secretary for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith December 19, 2002.

6. Msgr. Calogero La Piana, of the Salesian Society of Saint John Bosco, born January 27, 1952, ordained a priest August 8, 1981, elected bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy on November 15, 2002.

7. Msgr. Rene-Marie Ehuzu of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary, born April 12, 1944, ordained a priest September 30, 1972, elected Bishop of Abomey, Benin, on November 25, 2002.

8. Msgr. Jan Babjak of the Society of Jesus, born October 28, 1953, ordained a priest June 11, 1978, elected bishop of the Eparchy of Presov, Slovakia on December 11, 2002.

9. Msgr. Andraos Abouna of the Patriarchal Eparchy of Baghdad, Iraq, born March 23, 1943, ordained a priest June 5, 1966, elected titular bishop of Zenobia of the Chaldeans and appointed auxiliary of the Patriarchate of Babylonia of the Chaldeans, Iraq on November 6, 2002.

10. Msgr. Milan Sasik of the Congregation for the Mission, born September 17, 1952, ordained a priest June 6, 1976, elected titular bishop of Bononia and appointed apostolic administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the Eparchy of Mukacheve, Ukraine, on November 12, 2002.

11. Msgr. Giuseppe Nazzaro of the Order of Friars Minor, born December 22, 1937, ordained a priest June 29, 1965, elected titular bishop of Forma and appointed apostolic vicar of Alep of the Latin Rite, Syria, on November 21, 2002.

12. Msgr. Brian Farrell of the Legionnaires of Christ, born February 8, 1944, ordained a priest November 26, 1969, elected titular bishop of Abitine and appointed Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity on December 19, 2002.

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