Tag: appointment
Rome: Friar Francesco CELESTINO Appointed Prefect of the 1st Prefecture
The Diocese of Rome is divided into four sectors (north, south, east, and west). Each sector is governed by an auxiliary bishop and organized...
Friar Michael T. MARTIN, OFM Conv., Appointed Bishop of Charlotte
On April 9, 2024, at midday, in Rome, the Holy See announced that Pope Francis had appointed our confrere, Friar Michael Thomas MARTIN, as...
Vatican: New Head of Office in the Dicastery for the Doctrine...
On Tuesday, November 8, 2022, Pope Francis appointed our confrere Friar Francesco PANIZZOLO as a Head of Office in the Dicastery for the Doctrine...
Calabria: Confrere Appointed Judge of Interdiocesan Court of Appeals
On Wednesday, March 31, 2021, Friar Nicola COPPOLETTA was appointed a judge of the new Interdiocesan Court of Appeals of the Calabrian Ecclesiastical Region...
Rome: Friar Zdzisław J. KIJAS Appointed AVEPRO “Expert”
On Tuesday March 9, 2021, the President of the Holy See’s “Agency for the Evaluation and Promotion of Quality in Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties”...
New Dean of the St. Bonaventure Faculty
On January 14, 2021, the Congregation for Catholic Education appointed Friar Raffaele DI MURO, OFM Conv., as Dean of the Pontifical Theological Faculty of...
USA: Appointment of Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta
On March 5, 2020, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Most Reverend Gregory HARTMAYER, OFM Conv., previously Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA, as the...
New Editor of Commentarium Ordinis
On February 14, 2020, the Minister General, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, having obtained the favorable opinion of his Definitory, appointed Friar Silvestru BEJAN as the...
Appointments for the General Procuration Office
At the session of the General Definitory held November 1, 2019, the Minister General, Friar Carlos A. TROVARELLI, and his Definitory, confirmed Friar Maurizio...
New Secretary General for Mission Animation
On June 28, 2019, the Minister General, Friar Carlos Alberto TROVARELLI, having obtained the consent of the General Definitory at its session of June...
39th Studium Course of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints – 2027
Prot. n. 898/2026
Rome, October 15, 2026
Subject: 39th Studium Course of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints – 2027
Dear Brothers,
May the Lord give you...
Assisi: An Ecumenical Guest at CEFID
During my meetings with my confreres, I am often asked where I currently live, given my role as General Delegate for Ecumenism and Interreligious...
Zambia: Franciscan Family Celebrates the 800th Anniversary of the Transitus of St. Francis
On Saturday, October 10, 2026, the Franciscan Family in Zambia gathered at St. John’s Convent School in Kitwe to commemorate the 800th anniversary of...
Romania: Relic of St. Francis Makes “Pilgrimage of Peace” to 52 Communities
The relic of St. Francis has returned to Assisi after completing a pilgrimage through eight dioceses and eparchies in Romania, where it was venerated...
Rome: Work Continues on the Document Discernment in Fraternity
On Saturday, October 17, 2026, the second meeting of the “Validation Group” was held at the Seraphicum College in Rome. The group is collaborating...