Decretum - About the nomination of the personal Apostolic Administrator of Saint John Mary Vianney
Translated by Prof. Carlos Ramalhete
Congregation for the Bishops
Decreed
For the constitution of the regimen of the Apostolic Administration "Saint John Mary Vianney", in the territory of Campos (in Brazil), in view of the Decree of the Congregation for the Bishops, The Sovereign Pontiff John Paul II Pope by the Providence of God, nominates and constitutes as Apostolic Administrator the Very Excelent Lord Licinio Rangel, conferring him simultaneously the episcopal title of the Church of Zarna, together with all rights, faculties and duties sanctioned in the Decree of Erection of the same Apostolic Administration.
Contariis quibusvis minime obstantibus. Given in Rome, at the Congregation for the Bishops, at 18 January 2002.
Statement of His Excellence, the Lord Bishop Monsignor Licínio Rangel, Titular Bishop of Zarna, Apostolic Administrator of the Personal Apostolic Administration "Saint John Mary Vianney"
I declare, together with the Priests of the Apostolic Administration "Saint John Mary Vianney" of Campos, Brazil, what follows:
- We recognize the Holy Father, the Pope John Paul II, with all his powers and prerrogtives, proising him our filial obedience and offering our prayers on his behalf.
- We recognize the the Second Vatican Council as one of the Ecumenical Councils of the Church, accepting it under the light of Holy tradition.
- We recognize the the validity of the Novus Ordo Missae, promulgated by Pope Paul VI, every time it is corectly celebrated and with the intention of offering the true Sacrifice of the Holy Mass.
- We strive to reach deeper in all questions that are still open, considering canon 212 CIC, with a sincere spirit of humility and brotherly charity towards all others. In principiis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus charitas (S. Agostinho)
Posted 28 January 2002/sl