Resignation and appointment of auxiliary bishop of Newark, U.S.A.
Appointment of Office Head in the Dicastery for the Service of Charity
Appointment of Office Head in the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
Appointment of expert in the Vatican Apostolic Archive
Resignation and appointment of auxiliary bishop of Newark, U.S.A.
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary bishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Newark, United States of America, presented by Bishop Gregory J. Studerus.
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Pedro Bismarck Chau, of the clergy of the metropolitan archdiocese of Newark, United States of America, until now rector of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, as auxiliary bishop of the same metropolitan see, assigning him the titular see of Catrum.
Curriculum vitae
Msgr. Pedro Bismarck Chau was born on 18 July 1964 in Managua, Nicaragua. He attended Seton Hall University in South Orange, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in psychology. He carried out his ecclesiastical studies at the Immaculate Conception Seminary in South Orange, and went on to obtain a master’s degree in counselling from Seton Hall University.
He was ordained a priest for the metropolitan archdiocese of Newark on 24 May 2008.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Our Lady of Mount Virgin in Garfield (2008-2012), vocational director (2012-2016), head of university pastoral care at Rutgers University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (2015-2020), parish priest of Saint John and of Saint Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral in Newark (2015-2020), and rector of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart (since 2020).
Appointment of Office Head in the Dicastery for the Service of Charity
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Msgr. Romanus Mbena, until now nunciature counsellor in service at the Section for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, as office head in the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, with effect from 1 June 2025.
Appointment of Office Head in the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Laurent Basanese, S.J., official of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, as office head in the same Curial institution, with effect from 1 June 2025.
Appointment of expert in the Vatican Apostolic Archive
The Holy Father has appointed Mr. Daniele Gallinella, engineer, head of the Information Technology Service of the Vatican Apostolic Archive, as expert in the same institution, with effect from 1 June 2025.
