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Monday, January 14, 2008

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 12 JAN 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

 - Cardinal Marc Ouellet P.S.S., archbishop of Quebec, Canada, and Bishop Wilhelm Emil Egger O.F.M. Cap. of Bolzano-Bressanone, Italy, respectively as relator general and special secretary of the Twelfth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, due to be held in the Vatican from 5 to 26 October on the theme: "The Word of God in the Life and the Mission of the Church".

 - Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, as a member of the Special Council for America of the Synod of Bishops.

 - Archbishop Cornelius Fontem Esua of Bamenda, Cameroon, as a member of the Special Council for Africa of the Synod of Bishops.

 - Msgr. Joseph Marino, nunciature counsellor in Great Britain, as apostolic nuncio to Bangladesh, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Birmingham, U.S.A. in 1953 and ordained a priest in 1979.

 - Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, as a member of the Congregation for Bishops.
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