VATICAN CITY, JUNE 27, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli as the new president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.
Archbishop Celli, 65, is leaving his current post as the secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See to assume his new position.
Archbishop Celli will be taking over the presidency of the communication council from Archbishop John Foley, who has been named the grand master of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem.
Archbishop Celli played a decisive role in launching the Vatican's Web site in 1997.
For his diplomatic efforts to improve dialogue between the Holy See and countries like China and Vietnam, he was awarded the "Freindadametz 2005" prize.
Claudio Celli was born in 1941 in Rimini, Italy. He was ordained a priest in 1965 and a bishop in 1996.
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