VATICAN CITY, JUL 10, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Accepted the resignation from the office of secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life presented by Archbishop Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti C.P., upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Gianfranco Gardin O.F.M. Conv., director general of the magazine "Messaggero di Sant'Antonio," as secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in San Polo di Piave, Italy in 1944 and ordained a priest in 1970.
On Saturday, July 8, it was made public that the Holy Father appointed:
- Fr. Rafael Escudero Lopez-Brea of the clergy of the archdiocese of Toledo, Spain, as coadjutor bishop of the territorial prelature of Moyobamba (area 45,387, population 699,532, Catholics 589,986, priests 37, religious 88), Peru. The bishop-elect was born in Quintanar de la Orden, Spain in 1962 and ordained a priest in 1989.
- As members of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura: Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education; Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke of St. Louis, U.S.A.; and Archbishop Lluis Martinez Sistach of Barcelona, Spain.
- Fr. George Nkuo of the clergy of Buea, Cameroon, diocesan secretary for Catholic education, as bishop of Kumbo (area 8,000, population 734,052, Catholics 141,970, priests 64, religious 115), Cameroon. The bishop-elect was born in Njiniikom, Cameroon, in 1953 and ordained a priest in 1981.
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