Friday, February 8, 2013

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

Vatican City, 8 February 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Michele Pennisi as archbishop of Monreale (area 1,509, population 233,010, Catholics 229,892, priests 134, permanent deacons 7, religious 190), Italy. Archbishop Pennisi, previously bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy, succeeds Archbishop Salvatore Di Cristina, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

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