Monday, May 12, 2003

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS


VATICAN CITY, MAY 12, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Urgell, Spain and Andorra, presented by Bishop Joan Marti Alanis upon having reached the age limit. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Joan Enric Vives Sicilia.

On Saturday, May 12 it was made known that the Pope named the following as members of the councils of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops: Cardinal Ignace Moussa I Daoud, prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches as a member of the Special Council for Lebanon; Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education as a member of the Special Council for Oceania; Archbishop Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk of Seoul, Korea as a member of the Special Council for Asia; Archbishop Anselme Titianma Sanon of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, as a member of the special council for Africa

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