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                               VIS-Press releases

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 3, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Msgr. Raphael Dabire Kusiele, episcopal vicar for social and
pastoral projects of the diocese of Diebougou, Burkina Faso, as bishop of the
same diocese (area 18,346, population 752,412, Catholics 109,834, priests 124,
religious 78). The bishop-elect was born in Dissin, Burkina Faso in 1948 and
ordained a priest in 1975. He succeeds Bishop Jean-Baptiste Some, whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese, the Holy Father
accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

The Synod of Bishops of the Coptic Catholic Church, meeting in Cairo, Egypt
from March 27 to 30, 2006 accepted - in accordance with canon 126 para. 2 of
the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, and having consulted the Supreme
Pontiff - the resignation from office of His Beatitude Stephanos II Ghattas,
C.M., patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts. On March 30, the same Synod,
elected Bishop Antonios Naguib, emeritus of Minya of the Copts, Egypt as the
new patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts. The patriarch-elect was born in
Samalout, Egypt in 1935, and ordained a priest in 1960.

On Saturday, April 1, it was made public that the Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. Darwin Rudy Andino Ramirez C.R.S., pastor of the parish of St.
John the Baptist in Tegucigalpa and provincial councilor of the Somascan
Fathers, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Tegucigalpa (area 15,167,
population 1,695,285, Catholics 1,240,648, priests 153, religious 524),
Honduras. The bishop-elect was born in Tegucigalpa in 1959 and ordained a
priest in 1990.

- Appointed Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo, apostolic nuncio to New Zealand,
Cook Islands, Fiji Islands, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Federated States of
Micronesia, Palau, Tonga, Vanuatu, and apostolic delegate to the Pacific Ocean,
as apostolic nuncio to Samoa.

- Appointed Msgr. Francisco Montecillo Padilla, counsellor at the apostolic
nunciature to Australia, as apostolic nuncio to Papua New Guinea and the
Solomon Islands, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop.
The archbishop-elect was born in Cebu City, Philippines, in 1953 and ordained a
priest in 1976.

- Appointed Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, president of the Pontifical
Council for Justice and Peace and of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral
Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, as his special envoy to celebrations
due to be held in Singapore from June 21 to 23 marking the 25th anniversary of
diplomatic relations between that country and the Holy See.
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