VATICAN CITY, 31 JAN 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:
- Bishop Anton Stres C.M. of Celje, Slovenia, as coadjutor archbishop of Maribor (area 3,682, population 419,870, Catholics 356,980, priests 208, permanent deacons 3, religious 130), Slovenia. The archbishop-elect was born in Donacka Goa, Slovenia in 1942, he was ordained a priest in 1968 and consecrated a bishop in 2000.
- Bishop Marcello Semeraro of Albano, Italy, as a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
- Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer S.J., secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, as a consultor of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
- Fr. Gerhard Wagner of the clergy of Linz, Austria, pastor at Windischgarsten, as auxiliary of Linz (area 11,909, population 1,407,000, Catholics 1,051,136, priests 736, permanent deacons 82, religious 1,415). The bishop-elect was born in Wartberg ob der Aist, Austria in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1978.
- As members of the Pontifical Biblical Commission: Fr. Pietro Bovati S.J., professor at Rome's Pontifical Biblical Institute; Juan Miguel Diaz Rodelas, professor at the faculty of theology in Valencia, Spain, and president of the Spanish Biblical Association; Fr. Francolino Goncalves O.P., professor at the "Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Francaise" in Jerusalem; John Chijioke Iwe, rector and professor of Old Testament studies at the Seat of Wisdom Major Seminary in Owerri, Nigeria; Thomas Manjaly, professor at the Oriens Theological College of Shillong and the Sacred Heart College of Mawlai, India; Fearghus O'Fearghail, professor of New Testament exegesis at the Mater Dei Institute of Education in Dublin, Ireland; Yeong-sik Johan Pahk of the archdiocese of Seoul, Korea, and Henryk Witczyk, professor at the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland.
- Fr. Pedro Miguel Funes Diaz, official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, as bureau chief at the same congregation.
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- Bishop Anton Stres C.M. of Celje, Slovenia, as coadjutor archbishop of Maribor (area 3,682, population 419,870, Catholics 356,980, priests 208, permanent deacons 3, religious 130), Slovenia. The archbishop-elect was born in Donacka Goa, Slovenia in 1942, he was ordained a priest in 1968 and consecrated a bishop in 2000.
- Bishop Marcello Semeraro of Albano, Italy, as a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
- Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer S.J., secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, as a consultor of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
- Fr. Gerhard Wagner of the clergy of Linz, Austria, pastor at Windischgarsten, as auxiliary of Linz (area 11,909, population 1,407,000, Catholics 1,051,136, priests 736, permanent deacons 82, religious 1,415). The bishop-elect was born in Wartberg ob der Aist, Austria in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1978.
- As members of the Pontifical Biblical Commission: Fr. Pietro Bovati S.J., professor at Rome's Pontifical Biblical Institute; Juan Miguel Diaz Rodelas, professor at the faculty of theology in Valencia, Spain, and president of the Spanish Biblical Association; Fr. Francolino Goncalves O.P., professor at the "Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Francaise" in Jerusalem; John Chijioke Iwe, rector and professor of Old Testament studies at the Seat of Wisdom Major Seminary in Owerri, Nigeria; Thomas Manjaly, professor at the Oriens Theological College of Shillong and the Sacred Heart College of Mawlai, India; Fearghus O'Fearghail, professor of New Testament exegesis at the Mater Dei Institute of Education in Dublin, Ireland; Yeong-sik Johan Pahk of the archdiocese of Seoul, Korea, and Henryk Witczyk, professor at the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland.
- Fr. Pedro Miguel Funes Diaz, official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, as bureau chief at the same congregation.
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