OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 8, 2004 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Archbishop Giovanni Battista Morandini, apostolic nuncio in Korea and Mongolia, as apostolic nuncio in Syria.

- Appointed as members of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity: Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, archbishop of Washington, U.S.A, and Bishops Theotonius Gomes, auxiliary of Dhaka, Bangladesh and Michael Ernest Putney of Townsville, Australia.

The Holy Father appointed some new members of the International Theological Commission and renewed the mandate of other members who have served for the last five years. The commission is now composed of the following members:

- Archbishop Roland Minnerath of Dijon, France.

- Fr. Peter Damian Akpunonu, Nigeria, docent of Sacred Scripture at St. Mary of the Lake University in Mundelein, Chicago, U.S.A.

- Fr. Serge Thomas Bonino, O.P., docent of Dominican Studies in the Faculty of Philosophy at the "Institut Catholique de Toulouse," France.

- Fr. Geraldo Luis Borges Hackmann, docent of Dogmatic Theology and director of the Department of Theology at the Pontifical Catholic University in Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

- Sr. Sara Butler, M.S.B.T., docent of Systematic Theology at St. Mary of the Lake University, Mundelein, Chicago, U.S.A.

- Fr. Antonio Castellano, S.D.B., docent of Patrology and Sacramental Theology at the Catholic University in Chile, Santiago, and at the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome.

- Fr. Basil Cho Kyu-Man, docent of Dogmatic Theology at the Catholic University of Korea (South Korea).

- Fr. Adelbert Denaux, docent in the Faculty of Dogmatic Theology in Louvain, Belgium.

- Fr. Santiago Del Cura Elena, docent of Dogmatic Theology in the North of Spain Faculty of Theology, Burgos, Spain.

- Fr. Gilles Emery, O.P., docent on Dogmatic Theology in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

- Msgr. Ricardo Antonio Ferrara, docent of Dogmatic Theology in the Faculty of Theology at St. Mary of Buenos Aires Pontifical Catholic University in Argentina.

- Msgr. Bruno Forte, docent of Dogmatic Theology in the Faculty of Theology of Southern Italy in Naples.

- Fr. Pierre Gaudette, docent of theology at Laval University in Quebec, and secretary general of the Assembly of Bishops in Quebec, Canada.

- Barbara Hallensleben (Germany), docent of theology in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

- Fr. Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B., docent of Dogmatic Theology at Sacred Heart College, Hong Kong, China.

- Fr. Tomislav Ivancic, docent of Fundamental Theology in the Faculty of Theology in Zagreb, Croatia.

- Fr. Istvan Ivancso, docent of Byzantine liturgy at St. Athanasius Higher Institute and rector of the Theological Institute in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary.

- Fr. Tony Kelly, C.S.S.R., docent of Theology in the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology at the Australian Catholic University in Australia.

- Fr. Luis Ladaria, S.J., (Spain), docent of Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

- Fr. Jan W. M. Liesen, lecturer of Exegesis and Biblical Theology at the Seminary of Rolduc, Netherlands.

- Fr. John Michael McDermott, S.J., docent of Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Josephinum College in Columbus, U.S.A.

- Fr. Paul McPartlan, docent of Dogmatic Theology at the University of London, Great Britain.

- Fr. Thomas Norris, docent of theology at Saint Patrick's College in Maynooth, Ireland.

- Johannes Reiter, docent of Moral Theology in the Faculty of Theology in Mainz, Germany.

- Fr. Paul Rouhana, docent of Theology at the Higher Institute of Religious Sciences in Beirut, Lebanon.

- Msgr. Ignazio Sanna, docent of Dogmatic Theology and pro-rector of the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome.

- Fr. Leonard Santedi Kinkupu, docent of Dogmatic Theology in the Faculty of Theology in Kinshasa and rector of the John Paul I University Seminary, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

- Thomas Soeding, docent of Biblical Theology at the Bergische Universitat Gesamthochschule in Wuppertal, Germany.

- Fr. Jerzy Szymik, docent of Dogmatic Theology at the Catholic University in Lublin, Poland.

- Fr. Dominic Veliath, S.D.B., docent of Systematic Theology at the Kristu Jyoti College in Bangalore, India.

- Appointed Fr. Luis Ladaria, S.J., docent of Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, as secretary general of the
International Theological Commission.

- Appointed Fr. Alberto Ricardo da Silva, rector of the major interdiocesan seminary in Dili, East Timor, as bishop of the same diocese (area 7,767, population 558,610, Catholics 514,089, priests 78, religious 203). The bishop-elect was born in 1943 in Aileu, East Timor and was ordained a priest in 1972.

- Appointed Bishop Basilio do Nascimento, apostolic administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedes" of Dili as bishop of Baucau (area 6,842, population 265,389, Catholics 253,120, priests 35, religious 132), East Timor.

- Appointed Fr. Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira, vicar general and pastoral vicar of the diocese of Salto, Uruguay, as bishop of Minas (area 16,200, population 71,100, Catholics 57,000, priests 14, religious 28), Uruguay. The bishop-elect was born in 1944 in Tambores, Uruguay and was ordained a priest in 1972.

- Appointed Msgr. Fausto Tardelli, pro-vicar general of the archdiocese of Lucca, Italy, as bishop of San Miniato (area 691, population 154,937, Catholics 151,419, priests 71, permanent deacons 4, religious 151), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in 1951 in Lucca and was ordained a priest in 1974. He succeeds Bishop Edoardo Ricci whose resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese the Holy Father accepted upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Fr. Juan Tomas Oliver Climent, O.F.M., provincial minister of Valencia, Aragon and the Balearic Islands, Spain, as coadjutor bishop of the apostolic vicariate of Requena (area 80,000, population 127,000, Catholics 111,000, priests 8, religious 21), Peru. The bishop-elect was born in 1951 in Carcaixent, Spain and was ordained a priest in 1975.

- Appointed Martin Pablo Perez Scremini, pastor of "Nuestra Se¤ora del Carmen de la Aguada" in Uruguay, as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Montevideo (area 540, population 1,350,000, Catholics 850,000, priests 249, permanent deacons 27, religious 916), Uruguay. The bishop-elect was born in 1949 in Montevideo, Uruguay and was ordained a priest in 1985.
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