Monday, July 9, 2007

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 9, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Fr. Domingo Oropesa Lorente of the clergy of the archdiocese of Toledo, Spain, pastor of the parish of "Nuestra Senora del Carmen" in Florida, Cuba, as bishop of Cienfuegos (area 5,360, population 485,000, Catholics 293,600, priests 23, permanent deacons 1, religious 37), Cuba. The bishop-elect was born in Alcazar de San Juan, Spain in 1950 and ordained a priest in 1984.

 - Appointed Fr. Alvaro Julio Beyra Luarca of the clergy of the archdiocese of Camaguey, Cuba, pastor of the parish of "Nuestra Senora de la Caridad" in Nuevitas, as bishop of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo (area 8,362, population 829,000, Catholics 222,000, priests 13, religious 18), Cuba. The bishop-elect was born in Camaguey in 1945 and ordained a priest in 1994.

  On Sunday, July 8, it was made public that he appointed Msgr. Vitus Huonder, vicar general for "Grisons" in the diocese of Chur, Switzerland, as bishop of the same diocese (area 12,272, population 1,655,708, Catholics 686,446, priests 661, permanent deacons 36, religious 1,360). The bishop-elect was born in Trun, Switzerland in 1942 and ordained a priest in 1971.

  On Saturday, July 7, it was made public that he:

 - Appointed Cardinal Camillo Ruini, vicar general for the diocese of Rome, as his special envoy to celebrations marking the closure of the "European Citizens' Missions," which are due to take place in Budapest, Hungary from September 16 to 22.

 - Appointed Bishop Domenico Calcagno of Savona-Noli, Italy, as secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA), at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Tramontana di Parodi Ligure, Italy, in 1943, he was ordained a priest in 1967 and consecrated a bishop in 2002.

 - Elevated Bishop Carlo Liberati, prelate of Pompei, Italy, and pontifical delegate for the Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Holy Rosary, to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Matelica, Italy, in 1937, he was ordained a priest in 1962 and consecrated a bishop in 2004.

  By order of the Holy Father, Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, president of the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei," has appointed Msgr. Mario Marini as adjunct secretary of the same pontifical commission.
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