Moscow, Russia, Oct 29, 2007 / 09:02 am
Archbishop Paolo Pezzi took office in Moscow on Saturday as head of the Catholic diocese of European Russia, Itar-tass reports.
The Italian-born former head of the Catholic seminary in St. Petersburg, Bishop Pezzi succeeds Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewic, who led the installation Mass. Pope Benedict XVI has reassigned Archbishop Kondrusiewic to his native Belarus. Russian-speaking Catholics were upset that the former archbishop was transferred without their consultation.