OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 8, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Msgr. Sebastian Thekethecheril, former vicar general of Vijayapuram, India, as bishop of the same diocese (area 9,000, population 3,584,506, Catholics 82,930, priests 127, religious 486). The bishop-elect was born in Aapadanad, India in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1980. He succeeds Bishop Peter Thuruthikonam, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Bishop Luis Felipe Gallardo Martin del Campo S.D.B., prelate of Mixes, Mexico, as bishop of Veracruz (area 9,000, population 2,000,000, Catholics 1,800,000, priests 123, permanent deacons 8, religious 248) Mexico.

  On Saturday, May 6, it was made public that he appointed Msgr. Santo Marciano of the clergy of the archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy, rector of the major seminary, as archbishop of Rossano-Cariati (area 1,415, population 134,000, Catholics 133,500, priests 89, permanent deacons 3, religious 116), Italy. The archbishop-elect was born in Reggio Calabria in 1960 and ordained a priest in 1988. He succeeds Archbishop Andrea Cassone, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

  On Saturday, May 6, it was also made public that he appointed the following cardinals, created at the concistory of March 24, as members of dicasteries of the Roman Curia, as follows:

 - As members of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinals Jean Pierre Ricard and Antonio Canizares Llovera.

 - As members of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Cardinals Joseph Zen Ze kiun S.D.B. and Franc Rode C.M.

 - As member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal William Joseph Levada.

 - As members of the Congregation for Bishops, Cardinals William Joseph Levada and Franc Rode C.M.

 - As members of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinals Carlo Caffarra and Joseph Zen Ze kiun S.D.B.

 - As member of the Congregation for the Clergy, Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley O.F.M. Cap.

 - As members of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Cardinals Sean Patrick O'Malley O.F.M. Cap. and Agostino Vallini.

 - As member of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz.

 - As member of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal William Joseph Levada.

 - As members of the presidential committee of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Cardinals Nicolas Cheong Jinsuk and Carlo Caffarra.

 - As member of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino.

 - As member of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, Cardinal Agostino Vallini.

 - As member of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, Cardinal Gaudencio B. Rosales.

 - As member of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Cardinal Franc Rode C.M..

 - As members of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Cardinals Gaudencio B. Rosales, Nicolas Cheong Jinsuk and Stanislaw Dziwisz.

 - As member of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Cardinal Agostino Vallini.

 - As member of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino.
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