OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

Vatican City, 27 June 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father:

- accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Saitama, Japan, presented by Bishop Marcellino Daiji Tani, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law. The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada of Tokyo, Japan, as apostolic adminstrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the same diocese.

- accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, presented by Bishop Joseph Lafontant, upon having reached the age limit.

- accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Military Ordinariate of Peru, presented by Bishop Guillermo Martin Abanto Guzman, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.