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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 3 NOV 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Msgr. Xavier Novell Goma, bursar of Solsona, Spain, as bishop of
the same diocese (area 3,536, population 138,911, Catholics 127,798, priests
115, permanent deacons 1, religious 242). The bishop-elect was born in Lleida,
Spain in 1969 and ordained a priest in 1997. He succeeds Bishop Jaume Traserra
Cunillera, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the
Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

- Confirmed Bishop Domenico Sigalini of Palestrina, Italy as general
ecclesiastical assistant of Italian Catholic Action.

- Appointed as consultors of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the
Discipline of the Sacraments: Msgr. Jose Aparecido Goncalves de Almeida, under
secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts; Fr. Dieter Bohler
S.J., professor at the Sankt-Gerogen Theological Faculty in Frankfurt, Germany;
Fr. Nicola Bux, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto, Italy,
professor at the St. Nicholas Institute of Greek Byzantine Ecumenical-
Patristic Theology; Fr. Joseph Carola S.J., professor at the Pontifical
Gregorian University; Fr. Jose Manuel Garcia Cordeiro, rector of the Pontifical
Portuguese College and professor at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of
Rome's St. Anselm Pontifical Athenaeum; Fr. Renato De Zan, professor at the
Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Rome's St. Anselm Pontifical Athenaeum; Fr.
Cassian Folsom O.S.B., prior of Noricia, Italy, and associate professor at the
Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Rome's St. Anselm Pontifical Athenaeum; Fr.
Marco Gagliardi, professor at Rome's "Regina Apostolorum"
Pontifical Athenaeum;
Fr. Aurelio Garcia Macias of the clergy of that archdiocese of Valladolid,
Spain, president of the Spanish Association of Professors of Liturgy; Msgr.
Angelo Lameri of the clergy of the diocese of Crema, Italy, professor at Rome's
Pontifical Lateran University; Fr. Dennis McManus of the clergy of the
archdiocese of Mobiile, U.S.A., professor at the Catholic University of
America; Fr. Juan Jose Silvestre, professor at Rome's Pontifical University of
the Holy Cross; Fr. Michael John Zielinski O.S.B. Oliv., vice president of the
Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church and of the
Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, and Msgr. Markus Walser, vicar
general of the archdiocese of Vaduz, Lichtenstein.

- Appointed Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck of Essen, Germany, president of
"Adveniat" Episcopal Action, as a member of the Pontifical
Commission for Latin
America.

On Saturday 30 October it was made public that he:

- Appointed Msgr. Blaise Nzeyimana, vicar general of the archdiocese of Gitega,
Burundi, as bishop of Ruyigi (area 4,303, population 524,549, Catholics
368,928, priests 48, religious 111), Burundi. The bishop-elect was born in
Butare, Rwanda in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1981. He succeeds Bishop Joseph
Nduhirubusa, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the
Holy Father accepted, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon
Law.

- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the apostolic vicariate of
San Miguel de Sucumbios, Ecuador, presented by Bishop Gonzalo Lopez Maranon
O.C.D., upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Msgr. Jan Sobilo, vicar general of the diocese of Kharkiv-
Zaporizhia of the Latins, Ukraine, as auxiliary of the same diocese (area
196,300, population 19,013,600, Catholics 62,405, priests 55, religious 96).
The bishop-elect was born in Nisko, Poland in 1962 and ordained a priest in
1986.
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