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Monday, May 7, 2007

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 7, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Mauro Piacenza as secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. Archbishop Piacenza will retain "ad interim" his current offices of president of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church and of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology.

  On Saturday, May 5, it was made public that he appointed:

 - Cardinal Friedrich Wetter, archbishop emeritus of Munich and Freising, Germany, as his special envoy to celebrations marking the millennium of the archdiocese of Bamberg, Germany, due to be held on July 8.

 - Archbishop Edward Nowak, secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, as assessor of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and canon of the papal basilica of St. Peter's in the Vatican.

 - Msgr. Michele di Ruberto under-secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, as secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop.

 - As prelate auditors of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, Msgr. Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, judge of the Rota of the apostolic nunciature to Spain, and Msgr. Michael Xavier Leo Arokiaraj, head of the chancellery of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.

 - Fr. Vito Angelo Todisco of the clergy of the diocese of Avellino, Italy, as defender of the bond of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.
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