OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 2, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Pascal Wintzer of the clergy of the archdiocese of Rouen, France, vicar general, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Poitiers (area 12,989, population 750,000, Catholics 670,000, priests 290, permanent deacons 31, religious 576), France. The bishop-elect was born in Rouen in 1959 and ordained a priest in 1987.

  On Saturday, March 31, it was made public that he:

 - Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nashik, India, presented by Bishop Thomas Bhalerao S.J., in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

 - Appointed Fr. Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga C.S.Sp., provincial superior of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and pastor at Lubumbashi, as bishop of Kongolo (area 44,206, population 700,000, Catholics 120,000, priests 36, religious 74), Democratic Republic of the Congo. The bishop-elect was born in Kyolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and ordained a priest in 1992. He succeeds Jerome Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Professor Onorato Bucci as a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

 - Appointed as members of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Literature "dei Virtuosi al Pantheon," Laura Stocco, painter; Armando Torno, writer; and Domenico Siniscalco, sculptor.

 - Appointed Fr. Sabino Ardito S.D.B., as judicial vicar to the Lazio regional court of first instance for the causes of nullity of marriage.

 - Appointed Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, as pontifical legate to the solemn opening celebrations for the 90th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary at Fatima, Portugal. The event is due to take place in Fatima on May 12 and 13.
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