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Papal actions 7/3/09

July 4, 2009

VATICAN CITY, 3 JUL 2009 (VIS) – The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Albert LeGatt of Saskatoon, Canada, as metropolitan archbishop of Saint-Boniface (area 38,000, population 436,000, Catholics 119,000, priests 115, permanent deacons 18, religious 356), Canada. The archbishop-elect was born in Melfort, Canada in 1953 he was ordained a priest in 1983 and consecrated a bishop in 2001. He succeeds Archbishop Emilius Goulet P.S.S., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Archbishop Francesco Monterisi, secretary of the Congregation for Bishops, as archpriest of the papal basilica of St. Paul’s Outside-the-Walls in Rome. He succeeds Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, whose resignation from the same office the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro, apostolic nuncio to Spain, as secretary of the Congregation for Bishops.

- Accepted the resignation from the offices of president of the Permanent Commission for the Custody of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See and president of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See (ULSA), presented by Archbishop Francesco Marchisano, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Msgr. Giorgio Corbellini, vice secretary general of the Governorate of Vatican City State, as president the Labour Office of the Apostolic See (ULSA), at the same time elevating him to the dignity of bishop.

Posted by George Vogt · Filed Under Catholic World News 

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