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March 6, 2023Abu Dhabi.
The episcopal ordination and installation of Msgr. Aldo Berardi O.SS.T. as the Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia is scheduled to take place at 10 am on Saturday 18 March 2023 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia, Awali, Bahrain.
The announcement of the appointment of Msgr. Berardi was made by His Holiness Pope Francis on 28 January 2023 in Rome. He succeeds the Late Bishop Camillo Ballin M.C.C.J, who passed away on 12 April 2020.
His Eminence Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J., the Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue of the Holy See will be the principal consecrator of the ceremony. His Grace Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent, the Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain and His Excellency Bishop Paul Hinder OFM Cap., the current Apostolic Administrator of Northern Arabia will join him in the ceremony.
Following the installation, Msgr. Berardi will celebrate a thanksgiving mass at the Sacred Heart Church, Manama on 19 March at 5.30 pm.
Both the installation ceremony and the thanksgiving mass will be broadcast live on the website of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia www.avona.org.
Read about the appointment of Msgr. Aldo by Pope Francis as the Apostolic Vicar