Vatican envoy in Surabaya

Vatican envoy in Surabaya

SURABAYA: Cardinal Francis Arienze, a senior official from the
Vatican, attended the ordainment ceremony of Monseigneur Johanes
Hadiwikarta as the new bishop of Surabaya on Tuesday.

Bishop Hadiwikarta, 50, was previously head of the Roman
Catholic Church in Semarang. He replaced Bishop A.J. Dibjokarjono
who retired recently at the age of 75.

Cardinal Arienze is the president of the Pontifical Council
for Inter-Religious Dialog. He is in Indonesia at the invitation
of the government and the local Roman Catholic Church.

He is scheduled to meet with President Soeharto in Jakarta
today. (emb)