CARDINAL SODANO PONTIFICAL LEGATE TO KARAGANDA AND CARDINAL TOMKO SPECIAL ENVOY TO LEOPOLI OF THE LATINS

Vatican City, 1 September 2012 (VIS) - The letter naming Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Dean of the College of Cardinals, as pontifical legate for the dedication of the cathedral of Karaganda, Kazakhstan scheduled for 9 September was released today. The letter, written in Latin, is dated 27 July. The members of the pontifical mission who will accompany the cardinal are Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary of Astana, Kazakhstan, Msgr. Konraad Krajewski, and Dr. Giovanni Rocchi.

Also today was released the letter, written in Latin and dated 8 August, in which Benedict XVI designates Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, as his special envoy to the 600th anniversary of the creation of the archdiocese of Leopoli of the Latins, which celebration will take place in Lviv, Ukraine on Saturday, 8 September. Also named are the members of the mission who will accompany the cardinal: Fr. Gerard Liryk, and Fr. Anatol Szpak.