VATICAN CITY, JUN 28, 2004 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Fr. Alain Planet, of the clergy of the diocese of Valence, France and moderator of "Notre Dame du-Rhone" in Montelimar, as bishop of Carcassonne (area 6,313, population 309,952, Catholics 180,000, priests 126, permanent deacons 10, religious 274), France. The bishop-elect was born in Privas, France in 1948 and was ordained a priest in 1981. The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese presented by Bishop Jacques Despierre, France upon having reached the age limit.
- Approved the election canonically carried out by the Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church, gathered at Ain Traz, Lebanon on June 22-26, of Fr. Elias Rahal of the Missionary Society of St. Paul, SMSP, as archbishop of Baalbeck of the Greek-Melkite Catholics (Catholics 15,100, priests 11, permanent deacons 1, religious 50), Lebanon. The archbishop-elect was born in Ras Baalbeck, Lebanon in 1942 and was ordained a priest in 1970.
- Appointed Msgrs. Gerald T. Walsh, of the clergy of New York, U.S.A. and pastor of St. Elizabeth Parish in Manhattan, and Dennis J. Sullivan, also of the clergy of New York, and pastor of Sts. John and Paul Parish in Larchmont, as auxiliary bishops of the archdiocese of New York (area 12,212, population 5,529,214, Catholics 2,488,146, priests 1,811, permanent deacons 354, religious 4,711), U.S.A. Bishop-elect Walsh was born in New York in 1942 and was ordained a priest in 1967. Bishop-elect Sullivan was born in 1945 in New York and was ordained a priest in 1971.
- Appointed Msgr. Maurizio Malvestiti, official of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, as bureau chief of the same congregation
On Saturday June 26, it was made public that the Holy Father:
- Appointed Msgr. Bruno Forte of the clergy of the archdiocese of Naples, Italy as metropolitan archbishop of Chieti-Vasto (area 2,539, population 314,800, Catholics 310,350, priests 230, permanent deacons 14, religious 493). The archbishop-elect was born in 1949 in Naples and was ordained a priest in 1973.
- Appointed Msgr. Gergely Kovacs, official of the Pontifical Council for Culture, as the bureau chief of the same dicastery.
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- Appointed Fr. Alain Planet, of the clergy of the diocese of Valence, France and moderator of "Notre Dame du-Rhone" in Montelimar, as bishop of Carcassonne (area 6,313, population 309,952, Catholics 180,000, priests 126, permanent deacons 10, religious 274), France. The bishop-elect was born in Privas, France in 1948 and was ordained a priest in 1981. The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese presented by Bishop Jacques Despierre, France upon having reached the age limit.
- Approved the election canonically carried out by the Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church, gathered at Ain Traz, Lebanon on June 22-26, of Fr. Elias Rahal of the Missionary Society of St. Paul, SMSP, as archbishop of Baalbeck of the Greek-Melkite Catholics (Catholics 15,100, priests 11, permanent deacons 1, religious 50), Lebanon. The archbishop-elect was born in Ras Baalbeck, Lebanon in 1942 and was ordained a priest in 1970.
- Appointed Msgrs. Gerald T. Walsh, of the clergy of New York, U.S.A. and pastor of St. Elizabeth Parish in Manhattan, and Dennis J. Sullivan, also of the clergy of New York, and pastor of Sts. John and Paul Parish in Larchmont, as auxiliary bishops of the archdiocese of New York (area 12,212, population 5,529,214, Catholics 2,488,146, priests 1,811, permanent deacons 354, religious 4,711), U.S.A. Bishop-elect Walsh was born in New York in 1942 and was ordained a priest in 1967. Bishop-elect Sullivan was born in 1945 in New York and was ordained a priest in 1971.
- Appointed Msgr. Maurizio Malvestiti, official of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, as bureau chief of the same congregation
On Saturday June 26, it was made public that the Holy Father:
- Appointed Msgr. Bruno Forte of the clergy of the archdiocese of Naples, Italy as metropolitan archbishop of Chieti-Vasto (area 2,539, population 314,800, Catholics 310,350, priests 230, permanent deacons 14, religious 493). The archbishop-elect was born in 1949 in Naples and was ordained a priest in 1973.
- Appointed Msgr. Gergely Kovacs, official of the Pontifical Council for Culture, as the bureau chief of the same dicastery.
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