Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Lecce, Italy
Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
Appointment of archbishop of Matera-Irsina, bishop of Tricarico, Italy, and union in persona Episcopi of the two Sees
Appointment of bishop of Januária, Brazil
Appointment of bishop of Murska Sobota, Slovenia
Appointment of apostolic delegate in the Pacific Ocean
Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Lecce, Italy
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Lecce, Italy, presented by Archbishop Michele Seccia. He is succeeded by Archbishop Angelo Raffaele Panzetta, until now coadjutor archbishop of the same archdiocese.
Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Brisbane, Australia, presented by Archbishop Mark B. Coleridge.
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Shane A. Mackinlay of the diocese of Sandhurst as metropolitan archbishop of Brisbane, Australia.
Curriculum vitae
Archbishop-elect Shane Mackinlay was born in Brunswick, Melbourne, on 5 June 1965. He entered the Corpus Christi College Provincial Seminary, and obtained a bachelor’s degree in theology from Melbourne College of Divinity and a three-year degree in physics from Monash University. He was awarded a doctorate in philosophy from KU Leuven.
He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Ballarat on 6 September 1991.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar (1992-1997) in Colac and at the Cathedral of Ballarat; parish priest of Sebastopol, secretary to Bishop Peter J. Connors and lecturer at the Australian Catholic University, Ballarat Campus; member of the College of Consultors of Ballarat (1999-2003 and 2008-2013); lecturer at the Catholic Theological College of Melbourne, as well as president of the Advisory Council of the bishop of Ballarat (2010-2019).
He was appointed bishop of Sandhurst on 23 July 2019, and received episcopal ordination the following 16 October. Within the Australian Episcopal Conference he is a member of the Standing Committee and has served as vice president of the Fifth Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australia.
Appointment of archbishop of Matera-Irsina, bishop of Tricarico, Italy, and union in persona Episcopi of the two Sees
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Benoni Ambarus, until now titular bishop of Tronto and auxiliary of Rome, as archbishop of Matera-Irsina and bishop of Tricarico, Italy, uniting the two Sees in persona Episcopi.
Curriculum vitae
Archbishop-elect Benoni Ambarus was born on 22 September 1974 in Somusca-Bacau, Romania. After attending the seminary of Iaşi, Romania, and the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary, he obtained a bachelor’s degree in theology. He was subsequently awarded a licentiate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome.
He was ordained a priest on 29 June 2000 for the diocese of Iaşi and incardinated in the diocese of Rome in 2007.
He has held the following offices: educator in the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary (2001-2004); collaborator in the parish of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali, Rome (2004-2007); deputy parish priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali, Rome (2007-2010) and of Santa Maria Causa Nostrae Laetitiae, Rome (2010-2012); parish priest of Ss. Elisabetta e Zaccaria, Rome (2012-2021); and deputy director (2017) and subsequently director (2018) of Caritas Rome.
On 20 March 2021 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Rome and assigned the titular See of Tronto. He received episcopal consecration the following 2 May.
In the Vicariate of Rome he exercised his episcopal ministry as chargé in the area of the Deaconry of Charity, director of Health Pastoral Care and Prison Pastoral Care, and president of the Culto Caritas Foundation, Rome.
Within the Italian Episcopal Conference he is secretary of the Commission for Migration, while in the Regional Episcopal Conference, he is bishop delegate for Migrations and bishop delegate for Charity.
Appointment of bishop of Januária, Brazil
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Dorival Souza Barreto Júnior as bishop of the diocese of Januária, Brazil, transferring him from the titular see of Tindari and the office of auxiliary of São Salvador da Bahia.
Curriculum vitae
Bishop Dorival Souza Barreto Júnior was born on 10 April 1964 in Jequié, in the diocese of the same name, in the State of Bahia.
He carried out his studies in philosophy at the Catholic University of Salvador-BA and in theology at the Higher Institute of Theology of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro-RJ. He was awarded a licentiate in liturgy from the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm in Rome, and a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome.
On 10 March 1988, he received priestly ordination and was incardinated in the metropolitan archdiocese of Montes Claros.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar of São João Batista in Montes Claros-MG and of Senhor do Bonfim in Engenheiro Navarro-MG; parish administrator of Santo Antônio da Boa Vista in São João da Ponte-MG; parish priest of Nossa Senhora da Consolação, of Nossa Senhora da Conceição and São José and of the Metropolitan Cathedral; chancellor of the archdiocesan Curia; archdiocesan bursar; vicar forane; member of the Presbyteral Council, the College of Consultors, the Pastoral Council and the Council for Economic Affairs; professor in the archdiocese of Montes Claros-MG and in the archdiocesan seminary of Diamantina-MG.
On 4 November 2020 he was appointed titular bishop of Tindari and auxiliary of São Salvador da Bahia, receiving episcopal ordination on 3 January 2021.
Within the Brazilian Episcopal Conference, he is secretary of the Nordeste 3 Region and member of the Episcopal Commission for the Liturgy.
Appointment of bishop of Murska Sobota, Slovenia
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Janez Kozinc, of the clergy of the diocese of Celje, currently parish vicar of Šmarje pri Jelšah and responsible for the preparatory year, as bishop of Murska Sobota, Slovenia.
Curriculum vitae
The Reverend Janez Kozinc was born on 21 August 1975 in Celje. He carried out his studies in natural sciences and was awarded a research doctorate in chemistry. He then entered the diocesan seminary in Maribor.
He was ordained a priest in 29 June 2010 for the clergy of the diocese of Celje.
After priestly ordination, he held the following offices: parish vicar in the parish of Šoštanj (2010-2014); parish vicar in Šmarje pri Jelšah (2014-2015); and parish priest of Pišece (2015-2019). He is currently parish vicar of Šmarje pri Jelšah and responsible for the preparatory year (since 2019).
Appointment of apostolic delegate in the Pacific Ocean
The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Gábor Pintér, titular of Velebusdo, apostolic nuncio in New Zealand, Fiji, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Vanuatu, the Cook Islands, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Samoa and Nauru, as apostolic delegate in the Pacific Ocean.
