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Monday, May 4, 2009

CARDINAL ZEN ZE-KIUN, SPECIAL ENVOY TO BANGKOK

VATICAN CITY, 2 MAY 2009 (VIS) - Made public today was a Letter in which the Holy Father appoints Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun S.D.B., bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, China, as his special envoy to celebrations marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the pastoral visit of John Paul II to Thailand, due to take place in Bangkok on 10 and 11 May. The Letter, written in Latin, is dated 4 April.

The names of the members of the mission accompanying the cardinal have also been made public: Fr. John Bosco Thepharat Pitisant S.D.B., provincial superior of the Salesian Fathers in Thailand; Fr. Vincent Ekapong Pongsungnern of the clergy of the archdiocese of Bangkok, assistant of the secretary general of the Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Carte of Christians; Msgr. Marek Zalewski, nunciature counsellor in Bangkok, and Msgr. Dennis Kuruppassery, secretary of the nunciature in Bangkok.
BXVI-LETTER/SPECIAL ENVOY/ZEN VIS 20090504 (160)

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