Pope names new envoy to RI

Fri, 30 Apr 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: Pope John Paul II has appointed Don Albert Malcolm
Ranjith Patabendige as the new Vatican Ambassador to Indonesia,
replacing Renzo Fratini.

Patabendige is currently the Assistant Secretary of the Holy
See's Congregation for Evangelization of the Peoples, a position
he has filled since Oct. 1, 2001.

Born in Polgahawela, Sri Lanka, on Nov. 15, 1947, Patabendige
was ordained a priest in 1975. Among other duties, he has been
Secretary of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Sri Lanka and
National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies. -- JP

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