Vatican
City, 22 July 2013 (VIS) – The Holy Father appointed Bishop
Vittorio Lanzani, delegate of the Fabric of St. Peter, as pontifical
delegate for the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua.
On
Saturday, 20 July, the Holy Father:
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appointed Cardinal Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan, as his special
envoy to the celebration of the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of
Milan, to be held in Nis, Serbia on 20-21 September 2013.
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appointed Archbishop Ramzi Garmou of Tehran of the Chaldeans as
apostolic visitor for the Chaldeans resident in Europe, previously
administered “ad nutum Sanctae Sedis” by Chorbishop Philip Najim.
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appointed Fr. Viktors Stulpins as bishop of Liepaja (area 13,210,
population 277,000, Catholics 27,700, priests 14, religious 14),
Latvia. The bishop-elect was born in Riga, Latvia in 1971 and was
ordained a priest in 1995. He has served in a number of pastoral
roles, as a priest in the parishes of Aizkraukle, Irsi, Koknese,
Skriveri, Vecbebri and St. Francis in Riga, and as vice rector of the
major seminary of Riga. He is also a professor at the Theological
Institute of Riga and a member of the Commission on Religious Art in
Riga.
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appointed Bishop Angel Polivio Sanchez Loaiza as bishop of Machala
(area 5,819, population 574,000, Catholics 545,000, priests 47,
permanent deacons 1, religious 116), Ecuador. Bishop Sanchez Loaiaza,
previously bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador, was born in Ayapamba,
Ecuador, in 1946, was ordained to the priesthood in 1975, and
received episcopal ordination in 2004.
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appointed Msgr. Maurizio Gervasoni as bishop of Vigevano (area 1,509,
population 192,827, Catholics 182,600, priests 109, permanent deacons
10, religious 168), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Sarnico,
Italy in 1953 and was ordained a priest in 1977. He received a
doctorate in theology from the Gregorian Pontifical University in
1982 and has held a number of roles, including: professor of
theological anthropology at the seminary of Bergamo, vice-director of
the theology course at the Giovanni XXIII Seminary, professor of
spirituality at the diocesan presbytery, director of the Pastoral
Office for Culture, director of the Office for Social, Employment and
Economic Pastoral Care, director of the Office for Associations,
Movements and Groups, bishop's delegate for the Formation and
Education of the People of God, diocesan president of Caritas,
bishop's delegate for the Proclamation of the Word and the Liturgy;
director of the Catechistic Office and director of the Liturgical
Office, and professor of anthropology of religions and of history of
religions at the University of Bergamo. In 2012 he was appointed
provost of the parish of St. Lucia in Bergamo and episcopal vicar of
the same city. He was named prelate of honour by his Holiness in
1999.
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