Appointments & resignations

Anne-Sophie Vivier-Muresan

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Dean of the Faculté de Théologie of the Institut catholique de Paris (France).

Jan-Heiner Tück

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Head of the Fachbereich Dogmatik und Dogmengeschichte of the Universität Wien (Austria).

Sara Parvis

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Associate professor at the School of Divinity of the University of Edinburgh (Great Britain - Scotland).

Claudia Leal Luna

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Full professor at the Pontifical "John Paul II" Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences in Rome (Italy).

Maria Teresa Fattori

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Researcher at the University of Teramo (Italy).

Boyd Taylor Coolman

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Associate professor at the Theology Department of Boston College in Chestnut Hill (United States of America).

Teresa Hyeon Soon Choi

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Associate professor at the Institute for Whole Person Education Center of Sogang University in Seoul (South Korea).

Shu Chin (Maria Teresa) Hu

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

F.I., Visiting professor at the Fu Jen Faculty of Theology of Saint Robert Bellarmine in Taipei (Taiwan).

Jorge Alejandro Scampini

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

O.P., Full professor of the Facultad de Teología of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina in Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Patrick Mwania

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

C.S.Sp., Vice chancellor of Tangaza University in Nairobi (Kenya).

Bernhard Knorn

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

S.J., Full professor at the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen in Frankfurt am Main (Germany).

Michel Fédou

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

S.J., Professor emeritus of the Faculté de Théologie of the Facultés Loyola Paris (France).

Paul Béré

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

S.J., Dean of the Biblical Faculty of the Pontifical Biblical Institute of Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (Italy).

Csaba Török

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Associate professor at the Esztergomi Hittudományi Főiskola affiliated to the Hittudományi Karát of the Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem (Hungary).

Gaston Ogui Cossi

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Dean of the Unité Universitaire de Bobo-Dioulasso of the Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (Benin).

Julián Arturo López Amozurrutia

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Dean of the Facultad de Teología of the Universidad Pontificia de México (Mexico).

Fabricio Leonel Forcat

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Associate professor at the Facultad de Teología of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina in Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Clarence Devadass

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Director of the Catholic Research Centre in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

Gilbert De Lima

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Executive secretary of the Commission for Theology and Doctrine of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (India).

Tiago de Fraga Gomes

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Assistant professor at the Escola de Humanidades of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre (Brazil).

Ángel Cordovilla Pérez

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Dean of the Facultad de Teología and of the Facultad de Derecho Canónico of the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid (Spain).

Khaled Emmanuel Anatolios

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Director of the Department of Theology of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend (United States of America).

Lubomír Žák

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Full professor at the Cyrilometodějská Teologická Fakulta of the Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci (Czechia).

Carlo Dell'Osso

Member of the International Theological Commission

Commissione Teologica Internazionale

Secretary of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology.

Edouard Daher

Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites

Arcieparchia di Petra e Filadelfia dei Greco-Melkiti (Giordania)

Elected by Youssef Absi, Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites, with the assent of the Synod of Bishops; transferred from the see of Tripoli of Lebanon of the Greek-Melkites. He succeeds Joseph Gébara.

Joseph Gébara

Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (resignation)

Arcieparchia di Petra e Filadelfia dei Greco-Melkiti (Giordania)

The Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites, Youssef Absi, accepted his resignation from the pastoral care of the archeparchy.

Andrés Martínez Esteban

Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Titular Bishop of Temuniana

Arcidiocesi di Madrid (Spagna)

A priest of Madrid, until now Vicar General of the Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Spain. Born in Madrid on 17 December 1971, ordained a priest on 17 May 1997; doctorates in theology and Church history.

Fernando Murga Gómez

Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Titular Bishop of Tasbalta

Arcidiocesi di Madrid (Spagna)

A priest of Madrid, until now Moderator of the archdiocesan Curia. Born in Bilbao on 25 May 1965, ordained a priest on 7 May 2011; graduate in architecture.

Eparchia di Cluj-Gherla

Union «in persona Episcopi» with the Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia

Cluj-Gherla (Romania)

Ignazio Ding Zuyao

Episcopal ordination as Bishop of Haimen (Jiangsu)

Haimen (Cina)

Appointed by the Pope on 24 August under the Holy See-China Provisional Agreement.

Paolo Andreolli

Bishop of Ponta de Pedras

Ponta de Pedras (Brasile)

Xaverian missionary from Noventa Vicentina.

Wellington de Queiroz Vieira

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá

Arcidiocesi di Cuiabá (Brasile)

Transferred from the diocese of Cristalândia. Born on 11 July 1968 in Tocantinópolis, ordained a priest on 8 December 1996.

Marek Forgáč

Metropolitan Archbishop of Košice

Arcidiocesi di Košice (Slovacchia)

Transferred from the titular see of Seleuciana and the office of auxiliary bishop of Košice. Born in Košice on 21 January 1974, ordained a priest on 19 June 1999. He succeeds Bernard Bober.

Bernard Bober

Archbishop of Košice (resignation)

Arcidiocesi di Košice (Slovacchia)

The Pope accepted his resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese. He is succeeded by Marek Forgáč.

Miguel Ángel Martínez Méndez

Coadjutor Bishop of Huehuetenango

Diocesi di Huehuetenango (Guatemala)

Transferred from the apostolic vicariate of Izabal. Born on 5 May 1959 in Yupiltepeque (Jutiapa), ordained a priest on 18 January 1986.

Francisco Cota de Oliveira

Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano

Diocesi di Itabira-Fabriciano (Brasile)

Transferred from the diocese of Sete Lagoas. Born on 5 August 1969 in Onça do Pitangui (Minas Gerais), ordained a priest on 1 August 1999.

Milad Yaghi

Eparchial Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México of the Maronites

Eparchia di Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México dei Maroniti (Messico)

A Lebanese Maronite Missionary (M.L.), until now parish priest of Our Lady of the Cedars in Houston, Texas (USA). Born in Lebanon on 20 June 1964, ordained a priest in 1988.

Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán

Military Ordinary for the Dominican Republic

Ordinariato militare per la Repubblica Dominicana

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo. He succeeds Francisco Ozoria Acosta.

Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (succession)

Arcidiocesi metropolitana di Santo Domingo (Repubblica Dominicana)

Hitherto coadjutor archbishop, he succeeds Francisco Ozoria Acosta.

Francisco Ozoria Acosta

Military Ordinary for the Dominican Republic (resignation)

Ordinariato militare per la Repubblica Dominicana

The Pope accepted his resignation from the pastoral care of the military ordinariate. Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán has been appointed in his place.

Francisco Ozoria Acosta

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (resignation)

Arcidiocesi metropolitana di Santo Domingo (Repubblica Dominicana)

The Pope accepted his resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese. He is succeeded by Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán, hitherto coadjutor archbishop.