Resignation of bishop of Amarillo, U.S.A., and appointment of apostolic administrator sede vacante
Appointment and confirmation of members of the Dicastery for Bishops
Appointment of bishop of Montería, Colombia
Appointment of bishop of Sindhudurg, India
Appointment of judicial vicar of the Court of First Instance for marriage annulment cases in the Lazio Region
Resignation of bishop of Amarillo, U.S.A., and appointment of apostolic administrator sede vacante
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Amarillo, United States of America, presented by Bishop Patrick J. Zurek, and has appointed His Eminence Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, archbishop emeritus of Galveston-Houston, as apostolic administrator sede vacante of the same diocese.
Appointment and confirmation of members of the Dicastery for Bishops
His Holiness Leo XIV has appointed the Reverend Sr. Simona Brambilla, M.C., prefect of the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, as member of the Dicastery for Bishops.
In addition, the Holy Father has confirmed as members of the aforementioned Curial institution Their Eminences Cardinals: Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State; Kurt Koch, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity; João Braz de Aviz, prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life; Sérgio da Rocha, metropolitan archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil; Blase Joseph Cupich, metropolitan archbishop of Chicago, United States of America; Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R., metropolitan archbishop of Newark, United States of America; Juan José Omella Omella, metropolitan archbishop of Barcelona, Spain; Anders Arborelius, O.C.D., bishop of Stockholm, Sweden; Jose F. Advincula, metropolitan archbishop of Manila, Philippines; Augusto Paolo Lojudice, metropolitan archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino and bishop of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy; Jean-Marc Aveline, metropolitan archbishop of Marseille, France; Oscar Cantoni, bishop of Como, Italy; Grzegorz Ryś, metropolitan archbishop of Kraków, Poland; José Cobo Cano, metropolitan archbishop of Madrid, Spain; José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education; Mario Grech, secretary general of the General Secretariat of the Synod; Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments; Lazzaro You Heung-sik, prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy; Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches; Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith; Paul Emil Tscherrig, apostolic nuncio; Rolandas Makrickas, archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major; and their Excellencies: Archbishop Dražen Kutleša, metropolitan of Zagreb, Croatia; Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva, metropolitan of Buenos Aires, Argentina; Bishop Felix Genn, emeritus of Münster, Germany; Bishop Paul Desmond Tighe, secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education; Bishop José Antonio Satué Huerto of Málaga, Spain; the Most Reverend Father Donato Ogliari, O.S.B., abbot of the Monastery of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls; the Reverend Sr. Raffaella Petrini, F.S.E., president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State; and Ms. María Lía Zervino, former president of the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations.
Appointment of bishop of Montería, Colombia
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya as bishop of the diocese of Montería, Colombia, transferring him from the diocese of Buenaventura, Colombia.
Curriculum vitae
Bishop Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya was born on 15 August 1966 in Santa Rosa de Cabal, in the diocese of Pereira. After attending the Seminario Mayor “María Inmaculada” of the diocese of Pereira, he obtained a licentiate in education from the Universidad Católica de Pereira, and a specialization in Gerencia de Instituciones de Educación Superior at the Universidad Santo Tomás in Bogotá.
He was ordained a priest on 4 October 1992, and incardinated in the diocese of Pereira.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar in Santuario and in Apía, parish priest in Villa Santana, director of the Diocesan Secretariat for Social Pastoral Care, director of diocesan Caritas, rector of the Colegio Católico Baltasar Álvarez Restrepo, parish priest of Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús in Dosquebradas, bursar of the diocese of Pereira, rector of the Seminario Mayor “María Inmaculada” of Pereira, and rector of the Universidad Católica de Pereira.
He was appointed bishop of Buenaventura on 30 June 2017, receiving episcopal ordination the following 28 July.
Appointment of bishop of Sindhudurg, India
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Francisco Antonio Agnelo Jacinto Pinheiro, of the metropolitan archdiocesan clergy of Goa and Damão, until now professor of philosophy at the Patriarchal Seminar of Rachol and responsible for the Apostolate of Interreligious Dialogue of the metropolitan archdiocesan clergy of Goa and Damão, as bishop of the diocese of Sindhudurg, India.
Curriculum vitae
Msgr. Francisco Antonio Agnelo Jacinto Pinheiro was born on 6 July 1972 in Raia, India. After studying philosophy and theology at the Patriarchal Seminary of Rachol, he was awarded a degree in psychology from Goa University, a master’s degree in philosophy from the Jnana Deepa Institute of Philosophy and Theology in Pune, and a doctorate in philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome.
He was ordained a priest on 28 October 2000 for the metropolitan archdiocese of Goa and Damão.
He has held the following offices: deputy parish priest of Saint Alex in Calangute (2000-2001), professor of philosophy at the Patriarchal Seminary of Rachol (2004-2013 and since 2017), responsible for the Apostolate of Interreligious Dialogue of the metropolitan archdiocesan clergy of Goa and Damão (since 2018), and administrator of the parish of Saint Joseph in Dramapur (2022-2023).
Appointment of judicial vicar of the Court of First Instance for marriage annulment cases in the Lazio Region
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Emanuele Albanese, currently director of the Office for Marriage and Sacraments of the Vicariate of Rome, as judicial vicar of the Interdiocesan Court of First Instance for marriage annulment cases in the Lazio Region.
