SUMMARY:
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CARDINAL POUPARD, POPE'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO LYONS
- OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
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CARDINAL
POUPARD, POPE'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO LYONS
Vatican
City, 3 January 2013 (VIS) - In a letter made public yesterday the
Holy Father nominated Cardinal Paul Poupard, emeritus president of
the Pontifical Council for Culture, as his special envoy at the
concluding celebrations of the Jubilee Year dedicated to the
Venerable Servant of God Pauline Jaricot, the 150th anniversary of
her death and the 50th anniversary of the decree of her heroic
virtues, to be held in Lyons on 9 January 2013.
The
cardinal special envoy will be accompanied by a mission composed of
the following members: Msgr. Francois Duthel, postulator of the cause
of beatification of the Servant of God Pauline Jaricot, and Fr.
Daniel Carnot, ex superior general of the Society of African
Missions.
OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican
City, 3 January 2013 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:
- Msgr.
David P. Talley of the clergy of Atlanta, U.S.A, as auxiliary bishop
of the same archdiocese (area 55,521, population 6,998,399, Catholics
857,000, priests 228, permanent deacons 242, religious 125), U.S.A.
The bishop-elect was born in Columbus, U.S.A. in 1950 and ordained a
priest in 1989. He has a licentiate and doctorate in canon law from
the Gregorian Pontifical University in Rome, and has served in a
number of pastoral roles. He was named prelate of honour by his
Holiness in 2000.
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Appointed Msgr. Stephen Jensen, vicar general of Vancouver, Canada,
as bishop of Prince George (area 345,600, population 249,000,
Catholics 54,600, priests 18, religious 23), Canada. The bishop-elect
was born in North Vancouver, Canada in 1954 and ordained a priest in
1980. He was named prelate of honour in 1996 and since 2009 has been
vicar general, dean of the Presbyteral Council and diocesan consultor
for the archdiocese. He succeeds Bishop Gerald Wiesner, O.M.I., whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy
Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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