VATICAN CITY, 17 JUN 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Fr. Emmanuel Delmas of the clergy of Cahors, France, vicar general, as bishop of Angers (area 7,217, population 732,942, Catholics 549,706, priests 394, permanent deacons 30, religious 1,605), France. The bishop-elect was born in Figeac, France in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1988.
- Appointed Bishop Salvatore Fisichella, auxiliary of Rome and rector of the city's Pontifical Lateran University, as president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Lodi, Italy in 1951, he was ordained a priest in 1976 and consecrated a bishop in 1998. He succeeds Bishop Elio Sgreccia, whose resignation from the same office the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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- Appointed Fr. Emmanuel Delmas of the clergy of Cahors, France, vicar general, as bishop of Angers (area 7,217, population 732,942, Catholics 549,706, priests 394, permanent deacons 30, religious 1,605), France. The bishop-elect was born in Figeac, France in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1988.
- Appointed Bishop Salvatore Fisichella, auxiliary of Rome and rector of the city's Pontifical Lateran University, as president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Lodi, Italy in 1951, he was ordained a priest in 1976 and consecrated a bishop in 1998. He succeeds Bishop Elio Sgreccia, whose resignation from the same office the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
NER:NA/.../DELMAS:FISICHELLA:SGRECCIA VIS 20080617 (140)
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