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Tuesday, April 3, 2007

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 3, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Msgr. Angelo Spina of the clergy of the archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy, episcopal vicar of the shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows in Castelpetroso and pastor of the co-cathedral of Boiano, as bishop of Sulmona-Valva (area 1,814, population 79,863, Catholics 77,976, priests 76, permanent deacons 1, religious 151), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Colle D'Anchise, Italy in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1980. He succeeds Giuseppe Di Falco, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the diocese of Rockville Centre, U.S.A., presented by Emil A. Wcela, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Msgr. Peter A. Libasci of the clergy of the diocese of Rockville Centre, U.S.A., pastor of the parish of St. Therese of Lisieux, as auxiliary of the same diocese (area 3,164, population 3,354,000, Catholics 1,444,000, priests 476, permanent deacons 267, religious 1,397). The bishop-elect was born in Jackson Heights, U.S.A. in 1951 and ordained a priest in 1978.

 - Appointed Fr. Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono, parochial vicar of the cathedral of Surabaya, as bishop of the diocese of Surabaya (area 24,461, population 3,000,000, Catholics 153,000, priests 118, religious 400), Indonesia. The bishop-elect was born in Surabaya in 1953 and ordained a priest in 1982.

 - Appointed Fr. Alessandro Pagani S.M.M., spiritual assistant of the Legion of Mary and vice-coordinator of the Italian Montfort mission in Malawi, as bishop of Mangochi (area 11,385, population 1,240,000, Catholics 230,433, priests 171, religious 55), Malawi. The bishop-elect was born in Torre Boldone di Bergamo, Italy, in 1937 and ordained a priest in 1965.
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