Vatican.va report: Pope Benedict XVI received in audience this morning: Eminence Card. Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for bishops, etc. I bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil (region of Norte I-NOROESTE), on their "Ad Limina" visit: h.e. Mons. Moacir Grechi, o.s.m., Archbishop of Porto Velho;H.e. Mons. Moses João Pontelo, c.s.sp., Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul;H.e. Mons. Geraldo Verdier, Bishop of Guajará-Mirim;H.e. Mons. Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, Bishop of Humaitá, c.s.sp
LETTER OF THE HOLY FATHER TO THE SPECIAL ENVOY OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE THIRD CENTENARY OF THE CONSECRATION OF THE CATHEDRAL IN MINSK (BELARUS) (9 October 2010)On 7 August 2010, the Holy Father Benedict XVI has appointed the eminence Card. Jozef Tomko, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of peoples, its Special Envoy at the celebrations of the third centenary of the consecration of the Cathedral in Minsk (Belarus), which will take place on 9 October 2010.Cardinal Special Envoy will be accompanied by an ecclesiastical Mission composed of the following:-Rev. Mons. Edmund Dowgilowicz-Nowicki, pastor of the parish of Saint Joseph in Maladzechna;-Rev. fr. Bernard Radzik, o.c.d., pastor of the parish of Saint Andrew in Narach.We publish below the letter of the Holy Father to eminence Card. Jozef Tomko:LETTER OF POPE in Italian:
WAIVER OF AUXILIARIES OF GUATEMALA (GUATEMALA), the Holy Father Benedict XVI accepted the resignation to the Office of auxiliary bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala), presented by h.e. Mons. José Ramiro Pellecer Samoya, titular bishop of Teglata of Proconsolare, and Mario Enrique Rios Mont, titular bishop of Tiguala, according to the canons 411 e 401 § 1 of the code of Canon law.
WAIVER OF ARCHBISHOP OF GUATEMALA (GUATEMALA) And APPOINTS SUCCESSOR Pope Benedict XVI accepted the surrender of the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Guatemala (Guatemala) by eminence Card. Rodolfo Quezada Toruño Ignacio, in accordance with the can. 401 § 1 of the code of Canon law.The Pope has nominated him Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) h.e. Mons. Oscar Morales Julio Vian, s.d.b., until now Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán. H.e. Mons. Oscar Morales Julio Vian, s.d.b.H.e. Mons. Oscar Morales Julio Vian, s.d.b., was born in Guatemala City on October 18, 1947. Ordained a priest on August 15, 1976, in 1980 has licensed in liturgy at the Pontifical Athenaeum s. Anselmo.As priest has played, among others the following appointments: the school Counselor in the Don Bosco Technical Institute in Panama, Professor of Salesian theological Institute of Guatemala, Director of the Colegio salesiano "San Miguel" of Tegucigalpa in Honduras, Youth Ministry Inspector Delegate, provincial Councillor, Director of the Don Bosco youth centre of Managua and Director of the Collegio Don Bosco to Guatemala City.30 November 1996 he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of El Petén and bishopric on 1 February 1997. On 19 April 2007 was transferred to the Archdiocese of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán.
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