VATICAN CITY, FEB 17, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Msgr. Lorenzo Ghizzoni, director of the episcopal seminary of Reggio Emilia, Italy, and vice-director of the national vocational center, as auxiliary of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla (area 2,394, population 508,677, Catholics 485,527, priests 337, permanent deacons 67, religious 444), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Cognento, Italy in 1955 and ordained a priest in 1979.
- Gave his assent to the canonical election by the Synod of Bishops of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church meeting in Ain Traz, Lebanon, from February 6 to 11, 2006, of Archimandrite Elias Chacour, pastor of Ibillin and president of the Mar Elias Educational Institutions, as archbishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Catholics 67,890, priests 39, religious 59), Israel. The archbishop-elect was born in Biram in 1939 and ordained a priest in 1965.
NEA:NER/.../GHIZZONI:CHACOUR VIS 20060217 (140)
- Appointed Msgr. Lorenzo Ghizzoni, director of the episcopal seminary of Reggio Emilia, Italy, and vice-director of the national vocational center, as auxiliary of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla (area 2,394, population 508,677, Catholics 485,527, priests 337, permanent deacons 67, religious 444), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Cognento, Italy in 1955 and ordained a priest in 1979.
- Gave his assent to the canonical election by the Synod of Bishops of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church meeting in Ain Traz, Lebanon, from February 6 to 11, 2006, of Archimandrite Elias Chacour, pastor of Ibillin and president of the Mar Elias Educational Institutions, as archbishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Catholics 67,890, priests 39, religious 59), Israel. The archbishop-elect was born in Biram in 1939 and ordained a priest in 1965.
NEA:NER/.../GHIZZONI:CHACOUR VIS 20060217 (140)
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