Vatican
City, 15 June 2013
(VIS) – In a declaration published this morning, Fr. Federico
Lombardi, S.J., director of the Press Office of the Holy See, made it
known that: “The Commission of Cardinals for oversight of the
Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), with the approval of the
Holy Father, has appointed 'ad interim' Msgr. Battista Mario
Salvatore Ricca as Prelate of the Institute.”
“In
his capacity as prelate, Msgr. Battista Ricca will act as secretary
of the meetings of the Cardinals’ Commission and will attend
meetings of the Board of Superintendence in accordance with the
Institute’s statutes.”
“Msgr.
Battista Ricca, who was born in Offlaga in the province of Brescia,
Italy, in 1956, is part of the Diplomatic Service, serving in the
First Section of the Secretariat of State. He is also Director of the
Domus Sanctae Marthae, the Domus Internationalis Paulus VI, the Domus
Romana Sacerdotalis, and the Casa San Benedetto.”
“As
can be recalled, he succeeds Archbishop Piero Pioppo, currently
Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, who held the post
from 2006 to 2010.”
“With
the appointment of Mr. Ernst von Freyberg as President of the
Institute and of Msgr. Battista Ricca as its prelate, the Cardinals’
Commission has filled the two important positions that are provided
for in the statutes of the IOR, which had been vacant for some time.
Msgr. Battista Ricca’s appointment is effective immediately.”
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