Episcopal Appointments in September and October

The Italians are in the majority again in September and October:

Two archbishops were appointed (Mons. Francesco Brugnaro to Camerino-San Severino Marche






and Mons. Fabio D'Onorio O.S.B., formerly abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Montecassino, to Gaeta)













and two further ordinaries

(Mons. Carlo Mazza becomes bishop of Fidenza


(Bishop Mazza was until recently the bishops' spokesman for sport and chaplain of the Italian olympic teams; here he is with two olympic swimmers:

and so it is particularly painful to see him on his way to hospital with a broken pelvis shortly after his installation as bishop)



and Mons. Simone Giusti bishop of Livorno),



whilst Mons. Giovanni Tonucci has been named prelate of the sanctuary of Loreto.

















An auxiliary bishop has also been appointed for Naples (Mons. Antonio di Donna).












... followed closely by the French:
Mons. Armand Maillard was appointed archbishop of Bourges,



Mons. Michel Santier bishop of Créteil, near Paris



and a new auxiliary was named for Toulouse, Mons. Hervé Gaschignard.



In Ireland Fr. Séamus Freeman SAC was named bishop of Ossory,
















and in Iceland Mons. Pierre Bürcher became bishop of Reykjavik.





Then there was some movement in the East of Europe:
The former ordinary of Mother of God (Latin) archdiocese in Moscow (Mons. Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz) has been transferred to Minsk-Mohilev,



and Mons. Paolo Pezzi FSCB has been appointed in his stead.



The appointment of two young bishops for the Greek Catholic Church of Romania has been approved by the Pope (Fr. Mihai Catalin Fratila as an auxiliary for the Archeparchy of Fagaras and Alba Iulia,



and Fr. Vasile Bizau for the Curia of the Major Archbishop).