Subject: VISnews130110
From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt
--Boundary_(ID_7rvANT6Mngi50FtjOsIB8A)
Content-type: text/plain; CHARSETUS-ASCII
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
body, html { font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;
color: #000000; }
.txt { font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color:
#000000; }
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXIII - N° 7
DATE 10-01-2013
Summary:
- AUDIENCES
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 10 November 2012 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father received in
separate audiences:
- Mrs. Slavica Karacic, the new ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the
Holy See, presenting her credential letters.
- on their "ad limina" visit:Cardinal Agostino Vallini, vicar general for the
diocese of Rome, and
Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., vice gerent of the diocese of Rome and
emeritus of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy, along with auxiliary bishops:
Paolino Schiavon, titular of Trevi;
Guerino Di Tora, titular of Zuri;
Giuseppe Marciante, titular of Tagora;
Matteo Maria Zuppi, titular of Villanova; and
Lorenzo Leuzzi, titular of Cittanova.
- Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 10 November 2012 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Oscar Cantu as bishop of the diocese of Las Cruces (area
115,166, population 532,000, Catholics 140,200, priests 81, permanent deacons
38, religious 82), USA. Bishop Cantu, previously titular of Dardano and
auxiliary of San Antonio,
was ordained to the priesthood in 1994 and received episcopal ordination in
2008. In the national bishops' conference he currently serves on the
committees on Catholic Education, International Justice and Peace, and
Protection of Children and Young
People, as well as the Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs. He succeeds Bishop
Ricardo Ramirez C.S.B., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Marwan Tabet, M.L., as bishop of the eparchy of Saint-Maron de
Montreal of the Maronites (Catholics 85,000, priests 20, religious 15),
Canada. The bishop-elect was born in Bhamdoun, Lebanon in 1961, entered the
Congregation of the
Lebanese Maronite Missionaries in 1980, and was ordained to the priesthood in
1986. He succeeds Bishop Joseph Khoury, whose resignation from the pastoral
care of the same eparchy the Holy Father accepted in accordance with canon 210
para. 1 of the Code
of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
- Appointed Fr. Brendan Leahy as bishop of the diocese of Limerick (area
2,100, population 178,800, Catholics 171,500, priests 167, religious 411),
Ireland. The bishop-elect was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1960 and ordained a
priest in 1986. Since 2006
he has taught Systematic Theology at St Patrick’s College Maynooth and
served as a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy of Theology. He is
also the chairman of the archdiocese of Dublin's Diocesan Ecumenical Committee
and the secretary
of the Irish Bishops' Advisory Committee on Ecumenism.
FROM THE ORIENTAL CHURCHES
Vatican City, 10 November 2012 (VIS) - The Synod of Bishops of the
Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church, meeting at Mount St. Thomas near
Kerala, India, with the prior assent of the Holy Father has canonically
elected Fr. George Madathikandathil as
bishop of Kothamangalam of the Syro-Malabars (area 1,840, population 787,100,
Catholics 230,760, priests 282, religious 2,494), India. The bishop-elect was
born in Purapuzha, India in 1956 and ordained to the priesthood in 1980. He
taught Canon Law at
the St. Thomas Pontifical Seminary of Vadavathor, where he also served as
vice-rector and then rector. He is currently pastor of St. Mary's Church in
Arakuzha. He succeeds Bishop George Punnakottil, whose resignation from the
pastoral care of the same
eparchy the synod accepted, in accordance with canon 210 para. 1 of the Code
of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
___________________________________________________________
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va
Il servizio del VIS viene inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta
elettronica che ne hanno fatto richiesta. Se per qualunque motivo
non si desidera continuare a riceverlo, si prega di visitare nostra pagina
dinizio:
http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vis/italinde.php
Copyright (VIS): Le notizie contenute nei servizi del Vatican
Information Service possono essere riprodotte parzialmente o totalmente
citando la fonte: V.I.S. - Vatican Information Service.
--Boundary_(ID_7rvANT6Mngi50FtjOsIB8A)
Content-type: text/html; CHARSETUS-ASCII
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
VISnews130110
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXIII - N° 7DATE 10-01-2013
Summary: - AUDIENCES - OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS ___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 10 November 2012 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father received in
separate audiences:
- Mrs. Slavica Karacic, the new ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the
Holy See, presenting her credential letters.
- on their "ad limina" visit:Cardinal Agostino Vallini, vicar general for
the diocese of Rome, and
Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., vice gerent of the diocese of Rome
and emeritus of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy, along with auxiliary bishops:
Paolino Schiavon, titular of Trevi;
Guerino Di Tora, titular of Zuri;
Giuseppe Marciante, titular of Tagora;
Matteo Maria Zuppi, titular of Villanova; and
Lorenzo Leuzzi, titular of Cittanova.
- Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith.
Vatican City, 10 November 2012 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Oscar Cantu as bishop of the diocese of Las Cruces (area
115,166, population 532,000, Catholics 140,200, priests 81, permanent deacons
38, religious 82), USA. Bishop Cantu, previously titular of Dardano and
auxiliary of San
Antonio, was ordained to the priesthood in 1994 and received episcopal
ordination in 2008. In the national bishops' conference he currently serves on
the committees on Catholic Education, International Justice and Peace, and
Protection of Children and
Young People, as well as the Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs. He succeeds
Bishop Ricardo Ramirez C.S.B., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the
same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Marwan Tabet, M.L., as bishop of the eparchy of Saint-Maron
de Montreal of the Maronites (Catholics 85,000, priests 20, religious 15),
Canada. The bishop-elect was born in Bhamdoun, Lebanon in 1961, entered the
Congregation of the
Lebanese Maronite Missionaries in 1980, and was ordained to the priesthood in
1986. He succeeds Bishop Joseph Khoury, whose resignation from the pastoral
care of the same eparchy the Holy Father accepted in accordance with canon 210
para. 1 of the Code
of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
- Appointed Fr. Brendan Leahy as bishop of the diocese of Limerick (area
2,100, population 178,800, Catholics 171,500, priests 167, religious 411),
Ireland. The bishop-elect was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1960 and ordained a
priest in 1986. Since
2006 he has taught Systematic Theology at St Patrick’s College Maynooth
and served as a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy of Theology. He
is also the chairman of the archdiocese of Dublin's Diocesan Ecumenical
Committee and the
secretary of the Irish Bishops' Advisory Committee on Ecumenism.
FROM THE ORIENTAL CHURCHES
Vatican City, 10 November 2012 (VIS) - The Synod of Bishops of the
Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church, meeting at Mount St. Thomas near
Kerala, India, with the prior assent of the Holy Father has canonically
elected Fr. George Madathikandathil
as bishop of Kothamangalam of the Syro-Malabars (area 1,840, population
787,100, Catholics 230,760, priests 282, religious 2,494), India. The
bishop-elect was born in Purapuzha, India in 1956 and ordained to the
priesthood in 1980. He taught Canon Law
at the St. Thomas Pontifical Seminary of Vadavathor, where he also served as
vice-rector and then rector. He is currently pastor of St. Mary's Church in
Arakuzha. He succeeds Bishop George Punnakottil, whose resignation from the
pastoral care of the
same eparchy the synod accepted, in accordance with canon 210 para. 1 of the
Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del
VIS viene inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne
hanno
fatto richiesta. Se per qualunque motivo non si desidera continuare a
riceverlo, si prega di visitare nostra pagina dinizio: http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vi
/italinde.php
Copyright (VIS): Le notizie contenute nei servizi del Vatican
Information Service possono essere riprodotte parzialmente o totalmente
citando la fonte: V.I.S. - Vatican Information Service.
--Boundary_(ID_7rvANT6Mngi50FtjOsIB8A)--
--- NetMgr/2 1.0y+
* Origin: NetMgr+ @ Sursum Corda! BBS Meridian MS USA (1:396/45)
