Appointment of bishop of Moramanga, Madagascar
Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar
Appointment of members of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life
Appointment of bishop of Moramanga, Madagascar
The Holy Father Francis has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Moramanga, Madagascar, H.E. Msgr. Rosario Saro Vella, S.D.B., transferring him from the diocese of Ambanja.
Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar
The Holy Father has appointed as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Antananarivo, Madagascar, the Rev. Jean Pascal Andriantsoavina, of the clergy of Antananarivo, former rector of the Interdiocesan Major Philosophical Seminary of Antsirabé, assigning him the titular see of Zallata.
The bishop-elect was born in Mitsinjo, in the diocese of Mahajanga, in 1969, and was ordained a priest in 2000. He holds a licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, where he resided in the Pontifical Saint Peter’s College.
He has served as vicar of the cathedral of Antananarivo, chaplain of the youth Eucharistic Movement, prefect of studies and subsequently rector at the Interdiocesan Major Philosophical Seminary of Antsirabé.
Appointment of members of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life
The Holy Father has appointed as members of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life the Eminent Cardinals: Angelo De Donatis, vicar general of His Holiness for the diocese of Rome; Kevin Joseph Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church; Luis Francis Ladaria Ferrer, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; and Ricardo Blázquez Pérez, archbishop of Valladolid, Spain; their Excellencies Msgr. Amilton Manoel da Silva, auxiliary bishop of Curitiba, Brazil; Msgr. Paolo Bizzetti, vicar apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey; Msgr. Sebastian Francis Shaw, archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan; Msgr. Paskalis Bruno Syukur, bishop of Bogor, Indonesia; José de Jesús González Hernández, prelate of Jesús María, Mexico; and the Most Reverend Superiors General Arturo Sosa Abascal, S.J., prepositor general of the Society of Jesus; Guillermo Leon Arboleda Tamayo, O.S.B., abbot president of the Sublacense Cassinese Congregation of the Order of Saint Benedict; Saverio Cannistrà del Sacro Cuore, O.C.D., prepositor general of the Descalced Carmelites; Robert Irvin Schieler, F:S.C., superior general of the Brothers of the Christian Schools; Alejandro Moral Antón, O.S.A., prior general of the Order of Saint Augustine; Robert Genuin, O.F.M. Cap., minister general of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; Leonir Mario Chiarello, C.S., superior general of the Missionaries of Saint Charles (Scalabrinians); Kathleen Appler, F.d.C., superior general of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul; Yvonne Reungoat, F.M.A., superior general of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesians of Don Bosco); Françoise Massy, F.M.M., superior general of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary; Luigia Coccia, S.M.C., superior general of the Missionary Sisters, Pious Mothers of Nigrizia (Combonians), Simona Brambilla, M.C., superior general of the Consolata Missionary Sisters; M. Rita Calvo Sanz, O.D.N., superior general of the Order of the Company of Mary Our Lady; and Miss Olga Krizova, president general of the Secular Institute of Volunteers of Don Bosco.
