The
Holy Father accepted the resignation, with effect from 1 October, from
the office of president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City
State and of the Governorate of Vatican City State presented by Cardinal
Giovanni Lajolo, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed,
with effect from 1 October, Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello, apostolic
nuncio to Italy and to the Republic of San Marino, as president of the
Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and of the Governorate of
Vatican City State.
- Appointed Msgr. Giuseppe Sciacca as secretary
general of the Governorate of Vatican City State, at the same time
elevating him to the dignity of bishop.
The bishop-elect was born in
Catania in 1955.
He studied at the Pontifical Lateran University,
graduating in canon law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas
Aquinas in Rome and in philosophy from the University of Catania.
He was
ordained a priest in 1978 and incardinated in the diocese of Arcireale
where, apart from being involved in pastoral work, he taught philosophy
and history at State schools, and canon law at the local theological
institute.
Defender of the bond and promoter of justice, and later
judge, in the regional tribunal of Sicily, since 1999 he has been a
prelate auditor of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.