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APOSTOLIC NUNCIO ARCHBISHOP ANTONIO FRANCO
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[Title] => Pope names new archbishop of Cagayan de Oro
[Summary] => The National Office of Mass Media (NOMM) announced the appointment of Bishop Antonio Ledesma of the Prelature of Ipil, Zamboanga del Sur as the new head of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro after Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Archbishop Jesus Tuquib.
Fr. James Reuter, NOMM secretary-general, said the 63-year-old Ledesma, concurrent vice president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), will replace Tuquib, who has reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-06 00:00:00
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[Title] => Pope Benedict names new auxiliary bishop for Cotabato
[Summary] => Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Msgr. Jose Bagaforo as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Cotabato to assist Archbishop Orlando Quevedo, the National Office of Mass Media (NOMM) said yesterday.
Bagaforo’s appointment was confirmed by Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Antonio Franco in a letter.
"I am pleased to inform you that the holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, has appointed Rev. Msgr. Jose Mendoza Bagaforo as auxiliary bishop of Cotabato, assigning him the titular see of Vazari-Didda (Vazaritanus Diddensis)," Franco said in his letter.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-03 00:00:00
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[Title] => Papal Nuncio reassigned
[Summary] => After almost seven years of serving as the Vatican’s ambassador, Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Antonio Franco will soon be appointed as Apostolic Nunciature to Israel and Cyprus, the National Office of Mass Media (NOMM) announced yesterday.
NOMM spokesman Fr. James Reuter said Pope Benedict XVI had made the appointment of Franco as the Vatican’s representative to the two countries.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-22 00:00:00
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[Title] => Vatican appoints 2 new Filipino bishops
[Summary] => Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Antonio Franco has formally announced the appointments of the ninth auxiliary bishop in the country and the coadjutor bishop to the Diocese of Alaminos, Pangasinan.
The National Office of Mass Media (NOMM), the media arm of the Apostolic Nunciature, said Pope Benedict XVI has designated Msgr. Marlo Mendoza Peralta as the coadjutor of the Diocese of Alaminos.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-16 00:00:00
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[Title] => Pope names new Filipino bishop
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Pope Benedict XVI has appointed the first Filipino bishop of his papacy in the person of Jose Rojas as the new auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Caceres in Naga City.
In a communiqué to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Antonio Franco said Rojas was appointed after the Pope accepted the resignation of Salvador Modesto as auxiliary bishop upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-27 00:00:00
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[Title] => Vidal may attend papal election
[Summary] => Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal may leave for Rome by midweek to attend the conclave of cardinals that will elect the next pope, an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said yesterday.
CBCP spokesman Monsignor Hernando Coronel said Vidal is expected to still be in the country Wednesday morning for the special Mass for the late John Paul II at the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros. Either Vidal or Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Antonio Franco would be the main celebrant in tomorrow’s Mass, he said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-05 00:00:00
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[Title] => Pope prays for Leyte landslide victims
[Summary] => Pope John Paul II expressed his sympathy yesterday for the estimated 200 people killed or missing in landslides and floods that hit the south of the predominantly Roman Catholic Philippines over the weekend.
In a message sent through the Apostolic Nuncio in Manila, the Pontiff said he was praying for "divine strength and comfort" for the families of those buried under tons of mud in the islands of Leyte and Mindanao.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-23 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla
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[Title] => Vatican accepts Bacani resignation
[Summary] => Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of Novaliches Bishop Teodoro Bacani Jr., who was accused of sexual harassment in April by his personal secretary, but he will retain his episcopal office.
The acceptance of Bacani’s resignation was announced by Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Antonio Franco in a letter to Rev. James Reuter, director of the Catholic Church’s National Office of Mass Media.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-26 00:00:00
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[Title] => Lipa archbishop to replace Sin
[Summary] => Pope John Paul II named yesterday Lipa Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales as successor to retiring Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin.
Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Antonio Franco announced Rosales’ nomination after revealing that the Pope had accepted Cardinal Sin’s resignation from pastoral governance of the largest archdiocese in the country which he led for 29 years.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-16 00:00:00
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[Title] => Pope To Beatify Mother Theresa In October
[Summary] => Mother Theresa of Calcutta will be beatified at the Saint Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Oct. 19, Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Antonio Franco announced yesterday.
Pope John Paul II will preside over the celebration, which will start at exactly 8:55 a.m. and end at 11:30 a.m. (3:55 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. Manila time).
Fr. James Reuter, executive secretary of the PSC-MM National Office of Mass Media, said the decision to conduct the ceremony in Rome means there will be no sidetrip to the Philippines for the ailing pontiff.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-18 00:00:00
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