VATICAN CITY, 14 APR 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Alain Castet of the clergy of Paris, France, pastor of Saint-Francois-Xavier and dean of Orsay-Breteuil, as bishop of Lucon (area 7,015, population 577,000, Catholics 505,000, priests 404, permanent deacons 38, religious 1,176), France. The bishop-elect was born in Floirac, France in 1950 and ordained a priest in 1975.
On Saturday 12 April it was made public that he:
- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Kingston-in-Jamaica, Jamaica, presented by Archbishop Lawrence Aloysius Burke S.J., upon having reached the age limit. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Archbishop Donald James Reece.
- Appointed Cardinal Jozef Tomko, president emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses, as pontifical legate to the celebration of the 49th International Eucharistic Congress to be held in Quebec, Canada from 15 to 22 June.
- Appointed Bishop Velasio De Paolis C.S., secretary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, as president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Sonnino, Italy in 1935, he was ordained a priest in 1961 and consecrated a bishop in 2004. He succeeds Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani whose resignation from the same office the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Frans Daneels O. Praem., promoter of justice of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, as secretary of the same tribunal, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of bishop.
- Appointed Msgr. Gianpaolo Montini, substitute promoter of justice of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, as promoter of justice of the same tribunal.
- Elevated Msgr. Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, to the dignity of bishop.
- Appointed Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla, apostolic nuncio to Costa Rica, as apostolic nuncio to Korea.
- Appointed Fr. Alessandro Perego of the clergy of the diocese of Rome, defender of the bond of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, as promoter of justice "ad quinquennium" of the same tribunal.
- Appointed Massimo Spina, professor of economics and business organisation at the Roman University of "Tor Vergata" and director of the "Bambino Gesu" paediatric hospital in Rome, as consultor of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples.
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On Saturday 12 April it was made public that he:
- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Kingston-in-Jamaica, Jamaica, presented by Archbishop Lawrence Aloysius Burke S.J., upon having reached the age limit. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Archbishop Donald James Reece.
- Appointed Cardinal Jozef Tomko, president emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses, as pontifical legate to the celebration of the 49th International Eucharistic Congress to be held in Quebec, Canada from 15 to 22 June.
- Appointed Bishop Velasio De Paolis C.S., secretary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, as president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Sonnino, Italy in 1935, he was ordained a priest in 1961 and consecrated a bishop in 2004. He succeeds Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani whose resignation from the same office the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Frans Daneels O. Praem., promoter of justice of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, as secretary of the same tribunal, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of bishop.
- Appointed Msgr. Gianpaolo Montini, substitute promoter of justice of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, as promoter of justice of the same tribunal.
- Elevated Msgr. Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, to the dignity of bishop.
- Appointed Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla, apostolic nuncio to Costa Rica, as apostolic nuncio to Korea.
- Appointed Fr. Alessandro Perego of the clergy of the diocese of Rome, defender of the bond of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, as promoter of justice "ad quinquennium" of the same tribunal.
- Appointed Massimo Spina, professor of economics and business organisation at the Roman University of "Tor Vergata" and director of the "Bambino Gesu" paediatric hospital in Rome, as consultor of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples.
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