VATICAN CITY, 30 NOV 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Stephen Reichert O.F.M. Cap. of Mendi, Papua New Guinea, as archbishop of Madang (area 27,792, population 412,000, Catholics 153,000, priests 39, religious 81), Papua New Guinea. The archbishop-elect was born in Leoville, U.S.A. in 1943, he was ordained a priest in 1969 and consecrated a bishop in 1995. He succeeds Archbishop William Joseph Kurtz S.V.D., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Cardinal Paolo Sardi as patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
NER:RE/ VIS 20101130 (110)
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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