Monday, September 3, 2007

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, SEP 3, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Accepted the resignation from the office of president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, presented by Cardinal Paul Poupard, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Msgr. Gianfranco Ravasi, prefect of the Ambrosian Library of Milan, Italy, as president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church, and of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Merate, Italy, in 1942 and was ordained a priest in 1966.

 - Appointed Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams, apostolic nuncio to Zimbabwe, as apostolic nuncio to the Philippines.

 - Appointed Msgr. Tommaso Caputo, head of protocol at the Secretariat of State, as apostolic nuncio to Malta and Libya, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Afragola, Italy in 1950 and ordained a priest in 1974.

 - Accepted the resignation from the office of secretary of the Prefecture of the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, presented by Bishop Franco Croci, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Msgr. Vincenzo Di Mauro, delegate of the Ordinary Section of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, as secretary of the Prefecture of the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of bishop. The bishop-elect was born in Monza, Italy in 1951 and ordained a priest in 1976.

 - Appointed Msgr. Francesco Giovanni Brugnaro, Holy See permanent observer to the World Tourism Organization, as archbishop of Camerino - San Severino Marche (area 1,603, population 59,738, Catholics 57,250, priests 126, permanent deacons 1, religious 228), Italy. The archbishop-elect was born in San Dona di Piave, Italy in 1943 and ordained a priest in 1982. He succeeds Archbishop Angelo Fagiani, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
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