SUMMARY:
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AUDIENCES
- OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
- FROM
THE ORIENTAL CHURCHES
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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