VATICAN CITY, MAY 8, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Giuseppe Zenti of Vittorio Veneto, Italy, as bishop of Verona (area 3,059, population 859,825, Catholics 792,000, priests 1,005, permanent deacons 26, religious 2,817), Italy. He succeeds Bishop Flavio Carraro O.F.M. Cap., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Msgr. Alberto Silvani of the clergy of the diocese of Massa Carrara-Ponteromli, Italy, pastor of the parish of St. Peter the Apostle in Avenza, as bishop of Volterra (area 1,743, population 82,580, Catholics 81,080, priests 65, religious 128), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Virgoletta di Villafranca in Lunigiana, Italy, in 1946 and ordained a priest in 1970.
- Appointed Bishop Robert Harris, auxiliary of Sault Sainte Marie, Canada, as bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (area 60,000, population 282,600, Catholics 113,700, priests 75, permanent deacons 2, religious 137), Canada.
- Appointed Fr. Michael John Zielinski O.S.B. Oliv., abbot of the abbey of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Pecos, U.S.A., as vice-president of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church and of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology. He also appointed Msgr. Jose Manuel Del Rio Carrasco, official of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church, as under-secretary of that pontifical commission.
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- Appointed Bishop Giuseppe Zenti of Vittorio Veneto, Italy, as bishop of Verona (area 3,059, population 859,825, Catholics 792,000, priests 1,005, permanent deacons 26, religious 2,817), Italy. He succeeds Bishop Flavio Carraro O.F.M. Cap., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Msgr. Alberto Silvani of the clergy of the diocese of Massa Carrara-Ponteromli, Italy, pastor of the parish of St. Peter the Apostle in Avenza, as bishop of Volterra (area 1,743, population 82,580, Catholics 81,080, priests 65, religious 128), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Virgoletta di Villafranca in Lunigiana, Italy, in 1946 and ordained a priest in 1970.
- Appointed Bishop Robert Harris, auxiliary of Sault Sainte Marie, Canada, as bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (area 60,000, population 282,600, Catholics 113,700, priests 75, permanent deacons 2, religious 137), Canada.
- Appointed Fr. Michael John Zielinski O.S.B. Oliv., abbot of the abbey of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Pecos, U.S.A., as vice-president of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church and of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology. He also appointed Msgr. Jose Manuel Del Rio Carrasco, official of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church, as under-secretary of that pontifical commission.
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