The Tribune, India

Sunday, April 3, 2005, Chandigarh, India

Vatican announces new Bishops

Vatican City

Pope John Paul II has appointed two new archbishops and papal ambassadors
and accepted the resignations of three other prelates, the Vatican said
today as the Pope lay on his deathbed.

A Vatican statement said the Pope had approved the new appointments on March
12, before his rapid deterioration.

He named Bishop Manuel Urena Pastor Archbishop of Zaragoza in Spain, and
accepted the resignation of his predecessor, Elias Yanes Alvarez.

The Pope also accepted the resignation of Nerses Der Nersessian as Bishop
for Armenian Catholics in eastern Europe, naming Bishop Nechan Karakeheyan
as his successor and elevating him as Archbishop.

He accepted the resignation of Bishop Vartan Kechichian, the Armenian
coadjutor bishop.

The Vatican said the Pope also appointed Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto, formerly
Nuncio in Tanzania, as Nuncio – or Ambassador – to El Salvador and Bishop
Giambattista Diquattro to Panama, elevating him as Archbishop. – AFP

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress