VATICAN CITY, MAR 7, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Accepted the resignation from the office of president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, presented by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, upon having reached the age limit, and appointed Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco of Genoa, Italy, as the new president of that episcopal conference.
- Appointed Bishop Severino Batista de Franca O.F.M. Cap., auxiliary of Santarem, Brazil, as bishop of Nazare (area 5,986, population 925,000, Catholics 787,000, priests 44, permanent deacons 1, religious 108), Brazil.
- Appointed Fr. Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanit, pastor of the cathedral of Bangkok, Thailand, as bishop of Nakhon Sawan (area 93,547, population 8,327,052, Catholics 11,605, priests 35, religious 49), Thailand. The bishop-elect was born in Ban Rak, Thailand in 1949 and ordained a priest in 1976.
- Appointed Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, as his special envoy to the solemn celebrations marking the fifth centenary of the death of St. Francis of Paola, due to be held in Paola, Italy, on May 4.
- Appointed Fr. Paolino Rossi O.F.M. Cap., as bureau chief at the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
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- Accepted the resignation from the office of president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, presented by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, upon having reached the age limit, and appointed Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco of Genoa, Italy, as the new president of that episcopal conference.
- Appointed Bishop Severino Batista de Franca O.F.M. Cap., auxiliary of Santarem, Brazil, as bishop of Nazare (area 5,986, population 925,000, Catholics 787,000, priests 44, permanent deacons 1, religious 108), Brazil.
- Appointed Fr. Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanit, pastor of the cathedral of Bangkok, Thailand, as bishop of Nakhon Sawan (area 93,547, population 8,327,052, Catholics 11,605, priests 35, religious 49), Thailand. The bishop-elect was born in Ban Rak, Thailand in 1949 and ordained a priest in 1976.
- Appointed Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, as his special envoy to the solemn celebrations marking the fifth centenary of the death of St. Francis of Paola, due to be held in Paola, Italy, on May 4.
- Appointed Fr. Paolino Rossi O.F.M. Cap., as bureau chief at the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
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