Curia change

The Holy Father has accepted the retirement of Cardinal Michele Giordano as Archbishop of Naples.

He has named as the new Archbishop of Naples Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, 62, who has been Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

He has named as the new prefect of the Congregation, Cardinal Ivan Dias, Archbishop of Bombay. Cardinal Dias, 70, served in the Vatican Diplomatic Corps (including assignments in Ghana, Togo, Benin, South Korea, and Albania) until his appointment as Archbishop of Bombay in 1996.