Resignation and appointment of bishop of Belthangady of the Syro-Malabars, India
Resignation and appointment of bishop of Tepic, Mexico
Appointment of bishop of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars, India
Appointment of members of the Dicastery for the Clergy
Appointment of consultors of the Dicastery for the Clergy
Resignation and appointment of bishop of Belthangady of the Syro-Malabars, India
The Synod of Bishops of the Major Archiepiscopal Syro-Malabar Church has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the eparchy of Belthangady, presented by Mar Lawrence Mukkuzhy, and has elected the Reverend Fr. James Patteril, C.M.F., as bishop of the same circumscription, to which the Holy Father had given his prior assent.
Curriculum vitae
Mar James Patteril was born on 27 July in Mangalore. After his studies, he began his religious formation in the Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, giving his perpetual vows in 1988.
He carried out his studies in philosophy and theology at Saint Peter’s Pontifical Institute in Bangalore, and was ordained a priest on 26 April 1990. He was also awarded a Bachelor of Arts from Christ University in Bangalore. He was sent to Germany to continue his studies in pastoral theology at the Pastoraltheologisches Institut of the Pallottine Fathers in Friedberg.
He has held the following offices: deputy parish priest of Udane and Shirady in Belthangady, rector of the Claret Bhavan House of Formation in Kuravilangad, and bursar of the Claretian Community in Frankfurt. To date he has served as bursar of the province of Würzburg of his religious institute and head of pastoral care for the community of his sui iuris Church in Würzburg.
Resignation and appointment of bishop of Tepic, Mexico
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Tepic, Mexico, presented by Bishop Luis Artemio Flores Calzada.
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Engelberto Polino Sánchez, until now titular bishop of Vazari Didda and auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Guadalajara, as bishop of Tepic, Mexico.
Curriculum vitae
Bishop Polino Sánchez was born on 14 March 1966 in Teuchitlán, State of Jalisco, in the metropolitan archdiocese of Guadalajara. He attended courses in social pastoral care in Santa Fé, Colombia, and carried out his studies at the IMDOSOC in Mexico City.
He was ordained a priest on 1 June 1997, and incardinated in the metropolitan archdiocese of Guadalajara.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar, parish priest, substitute dean and social pastoral
coordinator.
On 2 February 2018 he was appointed titular bishop of Vazari Didda and auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Guadalajara, receiving episcopal ordination the following 21 April.
Within the Mexican Episcopal Conference, he is chair of the Social Pastoral Commission.
Appointment of bishop of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars, India
The Synod of Bishops of the Major Archiepiscopal Syro-Malabar Church has elected the Reverend Fr. Joseph Thachaparambath, C.M.I., as bishop of the eparchy of Adilabad, to which the Holy Father had given his prior assent.
Curriculum vitae
Mar Joseph Thachaparambath, C.M.I., was born on 24 February 1969 in Nalumukku, India. In 1985, after completing his studies, he entered the Congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate.
After completing his studies in philosophy and theology, at the Darsana Institute of Philosophy and the Dharmaram College of Bangalore respectively, he was ordained a priest on 4 January 1997.
He has held the following offices: priestly ministry in two parishes of the eparchy of Chanda, administrative head of the Mar Thoma Province (2002-2005, 2008-2011 and 2014-2017), at the same time working in various educational institutions in the same Province of his religious institute, and bursar of the eparchy of Adilabad (2005-2008 and 2017-2023). Since 2023 he has served as superior of the Mar Thoma Province.
Appointment of members of the Dicastery for the Clergy
The Holy Father has appointed the following as members of the Dicastery for the Clergy: His Eminence Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for First Evangelization and the new particular Churches; His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, archbishop of Marseille, France; His Eminence Cardinal Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B., archbishop of Dili, Timor-Leste; His Eminence Cardinal Stephen Brislin, archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa; His Eminence Cardinal Frank Leo, archbishop of Toronto, Canada; His Eminence Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education; His Eminence Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the General Secretariat of the Synod; His Eminence Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments; Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for Fundamental Questions regarding Evangelization in the World; Archbishop Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, dean of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota; Archbishop Alfonso Amarante, C.SS.R., Rector Magnificent of the Pontifical Lateran University; Bishop César Daniel Fernandez of Jujuy, Argentina; Bishop Hilario González García of Saltillo, Mexico; Bishop Andrea Migliavacca of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy; Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera, secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors; Bishop James Francis Checchio of Metuchen, United States of America; Bishop Egidio Miragoli of Mondovì, Italy; Bishop Jesús Vidal Chamorro of Segovia, Spain; Bishop Erik Varden, O.C.S.O., prelate of Trondheim, Norway; Bishop Siprianus Hormat of Ruteng, Indonesia; Bishop Edward Lohse of Kalamazoo, United States of America; and Bishop José Otacio Oliveira Guedes, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Appointment of consultors of the Dicastery for the Clergy
The Holy Father has appointed the following as consultors of the Dicastery for the Clergy: Msgr. Marco Frisina, rector of the Basilica of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in Rome, Italy; Msgr. Gianpaolo Montini, full professor at the Faculty of Canon Law at the Collegium Maximum of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome; Msgr. Giuliano Zatti, vicar general of the diocese of Padua, Italy; the Reverend Cristino Bohnert Bauer, Rector Magnificent of the Universidad Católica “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Asunción, Paraguay; the Reverend Michele Gianola, undersecretary and director of the National Office for the Pastoral Care of Vocations of the Italian Episcopal Conference; the Reverend Stefano Giacomo Guarinelli, psychologist and psychotherapist; the Reverend Gianluca Marcheti, undersecretary and director of the National Office for Legal Affairs of the Italian Episcopal Conference; Fr. Damián Giullermo Astigueta, S.J., full professor at the Faculty of Canon Law of the Collegium Maximum of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome; Fr. Noach Heckel, O.S.B., visiting professor at the Faculty of Theology of the Universität Trier, Germany; Fr. Stanisław Morgalla, S.J., director of the Institute of Psychology at the Collegium Maximum of the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome; the Reverend Mother Martha Elizabeth Driscoll of the Institute of the Cistercians of the Strict Observance, superior of the “Santa Maria alle Acque Salvie” Community at the Monastery of the Three Fountains in Rome; and the Reverend Sr. Iuliana Sarosi, C.M.D., lecturer at the Institute of Psychology and the “Saint Peter Faber” Centre for Formators to the Priesthood and Religious Life of the Collegium Maximum of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
