Vatican City, 22 March 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy See Press Office today announced that, following the motu
proprio: Fidelis dispensator et prudens, which established the
Secretariat for the Economy presided over by Cardinal George Pell,
and following the institution of the Council for the Economy and the
appointment of Cardinal Reinhard Marx as Cardinal coordinator of this
organ, the Holy Father has nominated Msgr. Brian Ferme as Prelate
Secretary of the Council for the Economy.
The Prelate Secretary has the task of
assisting the Cardinal Coordinator in the fulfilment of the functions
of the Council for the Economy, whose competences are associated with
the guidance and supervision of the administrative and financial
activities of the economic entities of the Holy See.
Msgr. Brian Ferme was born in 1955, and
is a priest in the diocese of Portsmouth, England. He completed his
philosophical, theological and canonical studies in Melbourne, Oxford
and Rome. He is the author of numerous scientific publications and
articles. He has served as professor of canon law at the Gregorian
Pontifical University and subsequently at the Pontifical Lateran
University, where he became dean of the faculty of canon law in 2000.
In 2003, in Washington, he became dean of the faculty of canon law at
the Catholic University of America, after which he transferred to
Venice as head of the St. Pius X faculty of canon law. He
collaborates with various dicasteries of the Roman Curia; in
particular, he is a consultor of the Congregation for the Doctrine of
the Faith and the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts.
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