OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, SEP 24, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Bishop Juan-Antonio Reig Pla of Segorbe-Castellon de la Plana, Spain, as bishop of Caragena (area 11,319, population 1,226,993, Catholics 1,127,469, priests 488, religious 1,046), Spain.

 - Approved as "audiutores Secretarii specialis" (or experts) for the forthcoming Eleventh General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, the following individuals appointed by the secretary general of the Synod of Bishops:

    - Mauro Agosto, professor of Latin at the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome.
    - Fr. Benezet Bujo, professor in the department of moral and ethical theology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
    - Fr. Nicola Bux, vice president of the St. Nicholas Institute of Ecumenical Theology, Bari, Italy.
    - Msgr. Mariano Crociata, vicar general of Mazara del Vallo, and professor of fundamental theology at the Faculty of Theology of Sicily, Palermo, Italy.
    - Msgr. Joseph Dinh Duc Dao, professor of missionary studies at the Pontifical Urban University, and vice director of the International Center of Missionary Animation (C.I.A.M.), Rome.
    - Fr. Juan Javier Flores Arcas, O.S.B., president of the Pontifical Liturgical Institute, faculty of liturgy of the St. Anselm Pontifical Athenaeum, Rome.
    - Fr. Ivan Fucek, S.J., theologian of the Apostolic Penitentiary, Rome.
    - Roberto Fusco, official of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Vatican City.
    - Fr. Cesare Giraudo, S.J., professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University and at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome.
    - Fr. Manuel Gonzalez, professor of anthropological theology at the Faculty of Theology of Mexico.
    - Fr. Stephan Haering, O.S.B., monk of the abbey of Metten and professor of canon law at the University of Munich, Germany.
    - Fr. Joannes Leonardus Hermans, professor at the seminary of Roermond and Haarlem, Netherlands.
    - Fr. Juvenal Ilunga Muya, professor of dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Urban University, Rome.
    - Fr. David Maria A. Jaeger, O.F.M., professor of canon law at the at the Antonianum Pontifical Athenaeum, Rome.
    - Fr. Michael Kunzler, professor of liturgy at the "Theologische Fakultat," Paderborn, Germany, and member of the liturgical commission of the German Episcopal Conference.
    - Msgr. Ermenegildo Manicardi, dean of the Faculty of Theology of Emilia Romagna, Bologna, and rector of the "Almo Collegio Capranica," Rome.
    - Fr. Paolo Martinelli, O.F.M. Cap., president of the Franciscan institute of spirituality at the Antonianum Pontifical Athenaeum, and professor of dogmatic and spiritual theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.
    - Fr. Alain Mattheeuws, S.J., professor of theology at the "Institut d'Etudes Theologiques," Belgium.
    - Fr. Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology at the "Regina Apostolorum" Pontifical Athenaeum, Rome.
    - Msgr. Antonio Miralles, professor of dogmatic theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome.
    - Fr. Francis Moloney, S.D.B., of the department of biblical studies at the Catholic University of America, Washington, U.S.A.
    - Fr. Roberto Nardin, O.S.B. Oliv., professor at the faculty of theology of the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome.
    - Fr. Godfrey I. Onah, professor of theology at the Pontifical Urban University, Rome.
    - Msgr. Gabriel Richi y Alberti, professor of theology at the St. Damasus Faculty of Theology, Madrid, Spain, and director of the International Study and Research Center (DASTS), Venice, Italy.
    - Fr. Fidelis Ruppert, O.S.B., abbot of Munsterschwarzach, Germany.
    - Fr. Ivan Sasko, professor of liturgy at the faculty of Catholic theology of the University of Zagreb, Croatia.
    - Thomas Soeding, professor of biblical theology at the "Bergische Universitat," Wuppertal, Germany.
    - Fr. Antonio Stagliano, professor of systematic theology at the St. Pius X Theological Institute, Catanzaro, Italy.
    - Msgr. Waldemar Turek of the Secretariat of State, Vatican City.
    - Fr. Cyril Vasil, S.J., dean of the faculty of eastern canon law, and vice rector of the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome.
    - Msgr. Timothy Verdon, professor of sacred art at the Faculty of Theology of Central Italy, Florence, Italy.
    - Fr. Boutros Yousif, professor of patrology and oriental liturgy at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome.

 - Approved as "auditores" (auditors) for the forthcoming Eleventh General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, the following individuals appointed by the secretary general of the Synod of Bishops:

    - Carl Albert Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Order of the Knights of Columbus, U.S.A.
    - Sr. Rita Burley, A.C.I., superior general of the Handmaidens of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, United Kingdom.
    - Leonardo Casco, president of the "Alianza para la Familia," Honduras.
    - Martha Lorena Casco, president of the "Comite por la Vida," Honduras.
    - Sr. Maria Regina Cesarato, superior general of the Sisters, Pious Disciples of the Divine Master, Italy.
    - Yvonne Coly, educator at the "Mater Christi" center, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
    - Moyses Lauro De Azevedo Filho, founder and moderator general of the Shalom Catholic community, Brazil.
    - Msgr. Peter John Elliott, director of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and the Family in Melbourne, and member of the International Council for Catechesis, Australia.
    - Luis Fernando Figari, founder of "Sodalitium Vitae Christianae", Peru.
    - Francisco Jose Gomez Arguello Wirtz, co-founder of the Neo-Catechumenal Way, Spain.
    - Fr. Ignacio Gramsch Labra, parish vicar of San Luis Beltran de Pudahuel in Santiago de Chile; archdiocesan assessor for the pastoral care of acolytes, Chile.
    - Br. Marc Hayet, general director of the Little Brothers of Jesus, France.
    - Alexei V. Judin, professor of Church history and of inter-faith dialogue in the Russian Federation, Russian State University for the Humanities, St. Thomas College, Moscow, Russia.
    - Sr. Hermenegild Makoro, C.P.S., Missionary Sister of the Most Precious Blood, animator of the Christian community in Mthatha, South Africa.
    - Marie-Helene Mathieu, international coordinator of the "Foi Et Lumiere" movement, France.
    - Zbigniew Nosowski, director of the Catholic monthly "Wiez" of Warsaw, member of the national council of lay people, Poland.
    - Sr. Elvira Petrozzi, founder of the "Community of the Cenacle," Italy.
    - Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio, Italy.
    - Fr. Paul Rouhana, member of the central commission and of the secretariat general of the Patriarchal Maronite Synod, Lebanon.
    - Fr. Athanasius Schneider. O.R.S., secretary of the liturgical commission of the Episcopal Conference of Kazakhstan.
    - Sr. Renu Rita Silvano, member of the executive committee of the International Catholic Biblical Federation, director of the Catholic Bible Institute of Bombay, India.
    - Henrietta Tambunting ee Villa, former ambassador of the Philippines to the Holy See, Philippines.
    - Sr. Vittoria Tomarelli, A.S.C., of the Sisters Adorers of the Blood of Christ, Rome.
    - Bruna Tomasi, member of the executive board of the Focolari Movement, Italy.
    - Gioacchino Toscano, secretary general of the Confraternities of Italian Dioceses, Italy.
    - Sr. Margaret Wong, F.D.C.C., of the Canossian Sisters of Charity, promoter of centers of Eucharistic adoration, Hong Kong, China.
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