Monday, February 27, 2006

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 25, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. Robert Patrick Ellison C.S.Sp., secretary general of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost, as bishop of Banjul (area 10,403, population 1,639,500, Catholics 34,000, priests 26, religious 42), Gambia. The bishop-elect was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1942 and ordained a priest in 1969. He succeeds Bishop Michael J. Cleary C.S.Sp., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Archbishop Fernando Filoni, apostolic nuncio to Iraq and Jordan, as apostolic nuncio to the Philippines.

 - Appointed Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, as his special envoy to celebrations marking the fourth centenary of the death of St. Toribio de Mogrovejo, patron saint of the Latin American episcopate. The celebrations are due to be held in Lima, Peru, from April 24 to 29.

 - Appointed Msgrs. Pier Enrico Stefanetti, Stefano Sanchirico and Diego Giovanni Ravelli, as pontifical masters of ceremonies.
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