Vatican City, 10 November 2014 (VIS) –
Today, the Holy Father:
- accepted the resignation from the
pastoral care of the diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela, Venezuela,
presented by Bishop Tomas Jesus Zarraga Colmenares, in accordance
with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
- appointed the following members of
the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA):
Cardinal Donald William Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, U.S.A.;
Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez, archbishop of Bogota, Colombia;
Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, president of the Pontifical Commission
for Vatican City State and president of the Governorate of Vatican
City State.
On Saturday, 8 November, the Holy
Father appointed:
- Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, U.S.A.,
as patron of the Order of Malta. Cardinal Burke is currently prefect
of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura;
- Archbishop Dominique Mamberti,
France, as prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic
Signatura. Archbishop Mamberti is currently secretary for Relations
with States;
- Rev. Chad Zielinski as bishop of
Fairbanks (area 1,061,508, population 164,355, Catholics 13,939,
priests 20, permanent deacons 25, religious 17), U.S.A. The
bishop-elect was born in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. in 1964 and was
ordained a priest in 1996. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1983
to 1986 and subsequently obtained a bachelor's degree in philosophy
and a master of divinity from the Sacred Heart major seminary in
Detroit. He has served in a number of pastoral roles, including
parish priest of St. Philip Neri, Empire and of St. Rita and St.
Joseph, Maple City. He is currently Air Force chaplain at the
military based of Eielson, Fairbanks.
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