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Friday, July 13, 2007

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 13, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Msgr. Roberto Busti of the clergy of the archdiocese of Milan, provost of Lecco, as bishop of Mantova (area 2,080, population 366,789, Catholics 344,083, priests 233, religious 389), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Busto Arsizio, Italy in 1940 and ordained a priest in 1964. He succeeds Bishop Egidio Caporello, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Msgr. Mario Delpini, episcopal vicar for pastoral zone 4 (Melegnano) in the archdiocese of Milan, Italy, and Msgr. Franco Giulio Brambilla, president of the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, as auxiliaries of Milan (area 4,217, population 5,191,510, Catholics 4,913,510, priests 3,011, permanent deacons 82, religious 8,122). Bishop-elect Delpini was born in Gallarate, Italy in 1950 and ordained a priest in 1975. Bishop-elect Brambilla was born in Missaglia, Italy in 1949 and ordained a priest in 1975.
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VATICAN CITY, JUL 13, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Msgr. Roberto Busti of the clergy of the archdiocese of Milan, provost of Lecco, as bishop of Mantova (area 2,080, population 366,789, Catholics 344,083, priests 233, religious 389), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Busto Arsizio, Italy in 1940 and ordained a priest in 1964. He succeeds Bishop Egidio Caporello, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Msgr. Mario Delpini, episcopal vicar for pastoral zone 4 (Melegnano) in the archdiocese of Milan, Italy, and Msgr. Franco Giulio Brambilla, president of the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, as auxiliaries of Milan (area 4,217, population 5,191,510, Catholics 4,913,510, priests 3,011, permanent deacons 82, religious 8,122). Bishop-elect Delpini was born in Gallarate, Italy in 1950 and ordained a priest in 1975. Bishop-elect Brambilla was born in Missaglia, Italy in 1949 and ordained a priest in 1975.
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