Appointment of apostolic nuncio in Tunisia
Resignation and appointment of bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde, Cabo Verde
Appointment of ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
Appointment of apostolic nuncio in Tunisia
The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Javier Herrera Corona, apostolic nuncio in Algeria and titular of Vulturara, as apostolic nuncio in Tunisia.
Resignation and appointment of bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde, Cabo Verde
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde, Cabo Verde, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Arlindo Gomes Furtado.
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp., hitherto of the diocese of Ponta de Pedras, Brazil, as bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde, Cabo Verde.
Curriculum vitae
Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp., was born on 7 January 1964 in Cabo Verde. After giving his vows in the Congregation of the Spiritan Fathers, he carried out his studies in philosophy at the Higher Institute of Theology in Braga and in theology at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon. He was subsequently awarded a licentiate in ecumenism at Trinity College, Dublin.
He was ordained a priest on 11 July 1993.
He was appointed titular bishop of Verbe and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Belém do Pará, Brazil, on 16 February 2011, receiving episcopal ordination the following 8 May. He was later appointed coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Ponta de Pedras, Brazil, on 10 June 2015, succeeding as bishop on 23 September 2015.
Appointment of ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
The Holy Father has appointed the distinguished Professor Tyler J. VanderWeele, professor of epidemiology at Harvard University, United States of America, as ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
Curriculum vitae
Professor VanderWeele was born in Chicago, United States of America, in 1979. He graduated in mathematics from the University of Oxford in 2000 and, subsequently, in philosophy and theology. He was awarded a master’s degree in finance and applied economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and completed his research doctorate in biostatistics at Harvard University in 2006. He taught at the University of Chicago and is currently a faculty member of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is the author of numerous articles regarding the fields of biomedicine, social sciences and philosophy.
