OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 7 NOV 2009 (VIS) - Holy Father appointed:

 - Fr. Hubertus Leteng of the clergy of the diocese of Ruteng, Indonesia, rector of the major seminary of Ritapiret, Maumere, as bishop of Ruteng (area 7,136, population 711,903, Catholics 647,696, priests 218, religious 273). The bishop-elect was born in Taga, Indonesia in 1959 and ordained a priest in 1988.

 - As consultors of the Pontifical Council for Culture: Fr. Pio Estepa S.V.D., secretary for missions of the Society of the Divine Word; Fr. Jorge Juan Fernandez Sangrador, director of the secretariat for culture of the archdiocese of Madrid, Spain, and Marco Impagliazzo, professor of contemporary history at the University for Foreigners of Perugia, Italy and president of the Sant'Egido Community.
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