VATICAN CITY, 8 FEB 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Fr. Sithembele Anton Sipuka of the clergy of the diocese of Queenstown, South Africa, rector of the major seminary of St. John Vianney in Pretoria, as bishop of Umtata (area 22,500, population 1,737,000, Catholics 70,300, priests 37, religious 76), South Africa. The bishop-elect was born in Idutywa, South Africa in 1960 and ordained a priest in 1988. He succeeds Bishop Oswald Georg Hirmer, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Pawel Malecha, notary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, as head of the chancellery of the same tribunal.
- Appointed as members of the Pontifical Council for Culture: Cardinals Marc Ouellet P.S.S., archbishop of Quebec, Canada, and Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue.
- Appointed Fr. Anthony Poola of the clergy of the diocese of Cuddapah, India, director of the Christian Foundation for Children and Ageing, as bishop of Kurnool (area 43,000, population 8,547,032, Catholics 78,557, priests 103, religious 398), India. The bishop-elect was born in Poluru, India in 1961 and ordained a priest in 1992.
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- Appointed Fr. Sithembele Anton Sipuka of the clergy of the diocese of Queenstown, South Africa, rector of the major seminary of St. John Vianney in Pretoria, as bishop of Umtata (area 22,500, population 1,737,000, Catholics 70,300, priests 37, religious 76), South Africa. The bishop-elect was born in Idutywa, South Africa in 1960 and ordained a priest in 1988. He succeeds Bishop Oswald Georg Hirmer, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Pawel Malecha, notary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, as head of the chancellery of the same tribunal.
- Appointed as members of the Pontifical Council for Culture: Cardinals Marc Ouellet P.S.S., archbishop of Quebec, Canada, and Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue.
- Appointed Fr. Anthony Poola of the clergy of the diocese of Cuddapah, India, director of the Christian Foundation for Children and Ageing, as bishop of Kurnool (area 43,000, population 8,547,032, Catholics 78,557, priests 103, religious 398), India. The bishop-elect was born in Poluru, India in 1961 and ordained a priest in 1992.
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