VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXV - # 230
DATE 23-12-2015

Summary:
- Other Pontifical Acts
- Notice

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 Other Pontifical Acts
 Vatican City, 23 December 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed:
 - Msgr. Pierantonio Pavanello as bishop of Adria-Rovigo (area 1,193,
population
204,400, Catholics 198,000, priests 155, permanent deacons 5, religious 207),
Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Bassano del Grappa, Italy in 1955 and was
ordained a priest in 1982. He holds a doctorate in canon law from the
Pontifical
Gregorian University and has served in a number of roles in the diocese of
Vicenza, including parish vicar, secretary of the presbyteral council and
diocesan pastoral council. He is currently episcopal chancellor, adjunct
judicial vicar of the Triveneto Regional Ecclesiastic Tribunal, and lecturer in
canon law at the diocesan seminary. In 2005 he was named Chaplain of His
Holiness. He succeeds Bishop Lucio Soravito De Franceschi, whose resignation
from the pastoral care of the same diocese upon reaching the age limit was
accepted by the Holy Father.
 - appointed Fr. Francois Touvet as bishop of Chalons (area 6,501, population
265,000, Catholics 258,500, priests 76, permanent deacons 17, religious 76),
France. The bishop-elect was born in Paris, France in 1965 and was ordained a
priest in 1992. He holds a licentiate in theology from the Institut Catholique
de Lyon, and has served in a number of roles in the dioceses of Dijon -
including pastoral vicar, parish priest, diocesan chaplain, dean, and vicar
general - and Langres, where he served as pastor of the Cathedral and episcopal
vicar for the southern pastoral zone. He is currently vicar general of Langres.
He succeeds Bishop Gilbert Louis, whose resignation from the pastoral care of
the same diocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.
 - appointed Fr. Joao Muniz Alves, O.F.M., as bishop prelate of Xingu (area
368,092, population 429,000, Catholics 330,000, priests 30, religious 67),
Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Carema, Brazil in 1961, gave his religious
vows in 1986 and was ordained a priest in 1993. He holds a licentiate and
doctorate in philosophy from the Pontifical Antonianum University and a
doctorate in moral theology from the Pontifical Alphonsianum Academy, and has
served in a number of pastoral roles including parish vicar, deputy master of
postulants, parish priest, definitor of the Francescan vice-Province "Nossa
Senhora da Assuncao" in Bacabal, member of the presbyteral council, provincial
minister and visitator general of the Franciscan Province of Mozambique. He is
currently guardian of the Franciscan community at Sao Luis do Maranhao, parish
vicar, formator and professor of moral theology. He succeeds Bishop Erwin
Krautler, C.PP.S., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
territorial prelature upon reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy
Father.
 - Fr. Justin Mulenga as bishop of Mpika (area 86,135, population 548,000,
Catholics 133,511, priests 36, religious 84), Zambia. The bishop-elect was born
in Rosa Mission, Kasama, Zambia in 1955 and was ordained a priest in 1993. He
has served in a number of pastoral roles, including parish vicar, bursar
general
of the archdiocese of Kasama, parish priest, and episcopal vicar for religious
and the deaconry of Mbala. He is currently president of the association of
diocesan clergy and pastoral coordinator.

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 Notice
 Vatican City, 23 December 2015 (VIS) - During the Christmas holiday there will
be no VIS bulletin on Thursday 24 or Friday 25 December. The next bulletin will
be transmitted on Monday 28 December. The Vatican Information Service wishes
its
readers a very happy and holy Christmas.

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