OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, OCT 4, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Fr. Terence John Gerard Brady, pastor of Mosman and Neutral Bay in Sydney, Australia, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Sydney (area 1,264, population 2,228,000, Catholics 597,610, priests 477, permanent deacons 5, religious 1,693). The bishop-elect was born in Rose Bay, Australia in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1983.

 - Appointed Msgr. Antonio Di Donna of the clergy of the archdiocese of Naples, Italy, episcopal vicar and professor of pastoral theology at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese (area 274, population 1,724,000, Catholics 1,716,000, priests 1,012, permanent deacons 210, religious 3,030). The bishop-elect was born in Ercolano, Italy in 1952 and ordained a priest in 1976.

 - Appointed as consultors of the Congregation for Bishops: Archbishops Fernando Filoni, substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, and Mauro Piacenza, secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy.
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