Bishop Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski

Bishop Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski Bishop Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski was born on 16 May 1958 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada. After attending local primary and secondary schools, he worked in the private and public sector. He first trained at the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) in Toronto, then at Saint Michael’s College, affiliated to the University of Toronto, where he received his baccalaureate in religious sciences and philosophy. He was awarded a degree in theology in Rome as a student at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. He was ordained a priest on 19 August 1989 for the eparchy of Saskatoon. He then attended courses in canon law at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, founding and directing at the same time the Ukrainian Catholic Refugee Office, for Italy. He followed Cardinal Myroslav Lubachivsky, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, as vice- chancellor and secretary. He served as vice rector of the Holy Spirit Seminary in Lviv, and in 1994 he participated in the foundation of Caritas Ukraine, appointed as vice president of the latter. Returning to Canada, he was rector of the Ukrainian Holy Spirit Seminary in Ottawa, also collaborating in the organization of World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto, then chancellor of the Eparchial Curia of Saskatoon. Elected on 1 June 2007 as third bishop of the eparchy of New Westminster of the Ukrainians, he was consecrated on 24 July 2007. Appointment of apostolic administrator of the eparchy of New Westminster of the Ukrainians, Canada The Holy Father has appointed as apostolic administrator of the eparchy of New Westminster of the Ukrainians, Canada, Bishop David Motiuk of the eparchy of Edmonton of the Ukrainians. Appointment of under-secretary for the Multilateral Sector of the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State The Holy Father has appointed Dr. Francesca Di Giovanni, official of the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State, as under-secretary for the Multilateral Sector of the Section for Relations with States. Dr. Francesca Di Giovanni - Born in Palermo, Italy, on 24 March 1953. A graduate in law, she completed her notarial practice and then worked in the legal-administrative sector in the International Centre of the Opera di Maria (Focolare Movement). She has served as official of the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State since 15 September 1993. She has also worked in the multilateral sector, especially in fields relating to migrants and refugees, international humanitarian law, communications, private international law, the situation of women, intellectual property and tourism. Languages spoken: Italian, English.