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VATICAN CITY, 20 MAY 2011 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father appointed Fr. Vincent Long Van Nguyen, O.F.M.Conv., as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Melbourne (area 27,194, population 3,844,000, Catholics 1,085,000, priests 561, permanent deacons 1, religious 1,737), Australia. The bishop-elect was born in 1961 in Dong Nai, Saigon, Vietnam and was ordained to the priesthood in 1989. He was previously assistant general of the Federation of Asian/Australian Minor Conventuals.
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VATICAN CITY, 19 MAY 2011 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father appointed as consultors of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization: Msgr. Fernando Ocariz, vicar general of Opus Dei; Fr. Pascual Chavez Villanueva, rector major of the Salesian Society of St. John Bosco and president of the Union of Superiors General; Fr. Julian Carron, president of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation and ecclesiastical assistant to the Association "Memores Domini"; Fr. Francois-Xavier Dumortier, S.J., rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome; Fr. Pierangelo Sequeri, vice rector and professor of Fundamental Theology at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy and lecturer in Aesthetics of the Holy at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brera, Milan; Sr. Sara Butler, M.S.B.T., professor of dogmatic theology at St. Joseph's Seminary in New York; Sr. Mary Lou Wirtz, F.C.J.M., general superior of the Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and president of the Union of Superior Generals (UISG); Dr. Chiara Amirante, founder and president of the New Horizons Association of the diocese of Anagni-Alatri, Italy; Mr. Kiko Arguello, a co-initiator of the Neo-Catechumenal Way; Prof. Lucetta Scaraffia, professor of contemporary history in the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at "La Sapienza" University in Rome.
Today the Holy Father appointed Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munichand Freising, Germany, as special envoy to the celebrations for the 350th anniversary of the Marian Sanctuary in Werl (Archdiocese of Paderborn) that will take place on 2 July 2011.
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VATICAN CITY, 17 MAY 2011 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father:
- accepted the resignation of Bishop Joaquim Goncalves from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Vila Real, upon having reached the age limit. Bishop Amandio Jose Tomas, previously coadjutor of the same diocese, succeeds him.
- appointed Bishop Robert Daniel Conlon, of Steubenville, as bishop of Joliet inIllinois (area 10,920, population 1,904,000, Catholics 655,415, priests 283, permanent deacons 209, religious 669), USA.
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VATICAN CITY, 14 MAY 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Guzman Carriquiry, under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, as Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
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VATICAN CITY, 14 MAY 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Guzman Carriquiry, under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, as Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
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VATICAN CITY, 30 MAY 2011 (VIS) - On Saturday, 28 May, the Holy Father appointed:
- Archbishop Diego Causero, currently apostolic nuncio to the Czech Republic, as apostolic nuncio to Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein.
- Msgr. Antonio Neri, an official of the Congregation for the Clergy, as under secretary of the same congregation.
- as members of the Congregation for Bishops: Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, and Bishop Emeritus Lorenzo Chiarinelli of Viterbo, Italy.
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VATICAN CITY, 1 JUN 2011 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father erected the new diocese of Naviari (area 35,138, population 267,356, Catholics 197,000, priests 27, religious 42), Brazil, with territory taken from the Diocese of Douardos, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan church of Campo Grande. He appointed Fr. Ettore Dotti, C.S.F. currently pastor of Bom Pastor parish in the diocese of Serrinha, as first bishop of the new diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Palosco, Bergamo, Italy in 1961 and was ordained a priest in 1994.
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VATICAN CITY, 31 MAY 2011 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father appointed as members of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura: Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches; Cardinal Paolo Sardi, patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta; and His Beatitude Bechara Boutros Rai, O.M.M., Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Lebanon.
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VATICAN CITY, 3 JUN 2011 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Montpellier, France presented by Archbishop Guy Thomazeau, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law. He is succeeded by Archbishop Pierre-Marie Carre, coadjutor of the same archdiocese.
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