Vatican City, 20 September 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed:
- Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Spokane,
U.S.A., as metropolitan archbishop of Chicago (area 3,654, population
6,251,000, Catholics 2,438,000, priests 1,559, permanent deacons 660,
religious 2,787), U.S.A. He succeeds Cardinal Francis E. George,
O.M.I., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
metropolitan archdiocese, upon reaching the age limit, was accepted
by the Holy Father.
- Rev. Fr. Riccardo Luca Guariglia,
O.S.B., as ordinary abbot of the territorial abbey of Montevergine
(area 3, population 232, Catholics 232, priests 12, religious 27),
Italy. Fr. Guariglia is currently lecturer in fundamental theology at
the “Madonna delle Grazie” Theological Institute in Benevento,
Italy, and claustral prior and master of novices of the monastic
community of Montevergine.
- Cardinal Oswald Gracias, archbishop
of Bombay, India, as his special envoy to the celebrations for the
500th anniversary of the evangelisation of Myanmar, to be held in
Yangon from 21 to 23 November 2014.
- Msgr. Paolo Rudelli, nunciature
advisor, as special advisor and Holy See permanent observer at the
Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
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