Vatican City, 26 July 2014 (VIS) –
Today, the Holy Father:
- appointed Bishop Anthony Pappusamy of
Dindigul, India as archbishop of Madurai (area 6,266, population
2,068,000, Catholics 145,213, priests 59, religious 275), India. He
succeeds Archbishop Peter Fernando, whose resignation upon reaching
the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.
- appointed Bishop Pierre Nguyen Van
Kham, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, as
bishop of My Tho (area 9,262, population 5,280,320, Catholics
126,560, priests 125, religious 282), Vietnam.
- appointed Cardinal Justin Francis
Rigali, archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia, U.S.A., as his special
envoy to the solemn Eucharistic celebration in the new Cathedral of
St. Louis, U.S.A., to be held on 24 August, commemorating the 250th
anniversary of the founding of the city.
- appointed Cardinal Angelo Scola,
archbishop of Milan, Italy, as his special envoy to the celebration
of the 850th anniversary of the translation of the relics of the Magi
to Cologne, Germany, to be held on 28 September.
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