New Bishop fro Great Falls-Billings

VATICAN CITY, NOV 20, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Michael W. Warfel of Juneau, U.S.A., as bishop of Great Falls-Billings (area 241,276, population 391,360, Catholics 51,629, priests 74, permanent deacons 6, religious 81), USA.

and -
- Appointed as consultors of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue:...(among several others) James Massa, secretary of the commission for ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops...