Vatican City, 24 April 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed:
- Rev. Fr. Edward C. Malesic as bishop
of Greensburg (area 8,632, population 704,000, Catholics 166,200,
priests 205, permanent deacons 2, religious 350), U.S.A. The
bishop-elect was born in Harrisburg, U.S.A. in 1960, and was ordained
a priest in 1987. He holds a licentiate in canon law from the
Catholic University of America, Washington D.C., and has served in a
number of pastoral roles in the diocese of Harrisburg, including
deputy priest, chaplain of the York College and the Millersville
University; auditor; defender of the bond and canonical consultor of
the ecclesiastical tribunal; and adjunct judicial vicar. He is
currently parish priest of the Holy Infant Parish in York Haven, and
judicial vicar. He succeeds Bishop Lawrence E. Brandt, whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese upon reaching
the age limit has been accepted by the Holy Father.
- Bishop Josef Graf as auxiliary of the
diocese of Regensburg (area 14,665, population 1,712,000, Catholics
1,207,706, priests 953, permanent deacons 108, religious 477),
Germany. The bishop-elect was born in Riedenburg, Germany in 1957 and
was ordained a priest in 1983. He holds as doctorate in theology from
the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, and has served as parish
vicar in Regensburg-Reinhausen. He is currently spiritual director of
the major seminary of Regensburg. In 2007 he was named Chaplain of
His Holiness.
- Msgr. Piergiorgio Bertoldi,
nunciature counsellor, as apostolic nuncio to Burkina Faso and Niger,
at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop.
On Thursday, 23 April, the Holy Father
appointed Rev. Fr. Brendan Cahill as bishop of Victoria in Texas
(area 23,573, population 292,229, Catholics 119,600, priests 62,
permanent deacons 39, religious 88), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born
in 1963 in Coral Gables, U.S.A., and was ordained a priest in 1990.
He holds a doctorate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical
Gregorian University. He has served in a number of pastoral roles,
including parish vicar, rector of the “St. Mary” seminary in
Houston, archdiocesan director of the Secretariat for Clergy
Formation and Chaplaincy Services, head of the Priests Personnel
Board, and member of the presbyteral council. He is currently vicar
for the clergy of the same diocese. He succeeds Bishop David E.
Fellhauer, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
diocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.
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