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Monday, November 12, 2007

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, NOV 10, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the eparchy of Hajdudorog and of the apostolic exarchate of Miskolc, Hungary, presented by Bishop Szilard Keresztes, in accordance with canon 201, para. 1 and 2, of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.

 - Appointed Fr. Michael George Mabuga Msonganzila, national director of the Pontifical Missionary Works in Tanzania, as bishop of Musoma (area 29,549, population 1,390,000, Catholics 250,000, priests 114, religious 47), Tanzania. The bishop-elect was born in Bukumbi, Tanzania, in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1984.

 - Appointed Bishop Jean-Louis Brugues O.P. of Angers, France, as secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Bagneres de Bigorre, France in 1943, he was ordained a priest in 1975 and consecrated a bishop in 2000.

 - Appointed Msgr. Grzegorz Kaszak of the clergy of the archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamien, Poland, rector of the Pontifical Polish Ecclesiastical Institute in Rome, as secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family.

 - Appointed Frs. Waldemar Barszcz T.O.R., and Leonello Leidi C.O., officials of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, as bureau chiefs in the same congregation.

 - Appointed Fr. Gianfranco Grieco O.F.M. Conv., editor at "L'Osservatore Romano," as bureau chief in the Pontifical Council for the Family.
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