Vatican City, Dec. 28 2005 The Holy Father approved the canonical election of the following prelates for the Synod of Bishops of the Church of Antioch of the Maronites, which met in Bkerké (Lebanon) from the 18th to the 24th of September 2005:
-Fr. Georges Bou-Jaoudé, C.M., Superior of the Religious Order of Mejdlaya, as Archbishop [...]

November - December 2005
91. Holy See
Bishop of Rrëshen. On 23 November, the Holy Father Benedict XVI named Fr. Cristoforo Palmieri, C.M. (Province of Naples) Bishop of Rrëshen, Albania (area of the country: 3,463; population: 240,000; Catholics: 57,000; priests: 7; religious: 21). Msgr. Palmieri was born on 24 May 1939 in Bitondo (Bari). He [...]