The Holy Father has appointed the following ad quinquennium as members of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura: His Eminence Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R., archbishop of Newark, United States of America; His Eminence Cardinal James Michael Harvey, archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls; His Eminence Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; His Eminence Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops; Archbishop Cyril Vasil’, S.J., titular of Ptolemais in Libya, apostolic administrator sede plan of Košice for Catholics of Byzantine rite, Slovakia; Archbishop Celso Morga Iruzubieta of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain; Bishop Christoph Hegge, titular of Sicilibba and auxiliary of Münster, Germany; Bishop Mark Leonard Bartchak of Altoona-Johnstown, United States of America; Bishop Dominicus Meier, O.S.B., titular of Castro di Sardegna and auxiliary of Paderborn, Germany; Bishop Andrea Migliavacca of San Miniato, Italy; Bishop Pierantonio Pavanello of Adria-Rovigo, Italy; and Bishop Egidio Miragoli of Mondovì, Italy.

Appointment of referendaries of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

The Holy Father has appointed as referendaries of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura the Reverend Msgr. Carlos José Errázuriz Mackenna, professor at the Faculty of Canon Law of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, and Patrick Valdrini, former pro-rector of the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome; the Reverend Paolo Gherri, dean of the Faculty of Canon Law at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome; the Reverend Fathers: Ulrich Rhode, S.J., Dean of the Faculty of Canon Law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome; Georges Henri Ruyssen, S.J., dean of the Faculty of Oriental Canon Law at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome; Philippe Toxé, O.P., professor at the Faculty of Canon Law at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas-Angelicum in Rome; and the Most Illustrious Sir William Daniel, professor at the Faculty of Canon Law at the Catholic University of America in Washington.