CARDINAL RATZINGER TO TAKE POSSESSION OF SUBURBICARIAN CHURCH

VATICAN CITY, MAR 10, 2003 (VIS) - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, dean of the College of Cardinals, and prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, will take possession of the Title of the Suburbicarian Church of Ostia on Sunday, March 16 at 10 a.m. in the church of Santa Aurea ad Ostia Antica, Piazza della Rocca, 13.

The seven dioceses closest to Rome are known as suburbicarian dioceses. Those who have the title to each of these churches are designated cardinal-bishops and traditionally they work in the Roman Curia, usually as head of an office. The suburbicarian church of Ostia is always the titular church of the Dean of the College of Cardinals.

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