Pope appoints Pontifical Delegate to address Syro-Malabar question

By Vatican News staff reporter

Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Cyril Vasil’, SJ, as Pontifical Delegate with special faculties “to resolve the situation of the Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars”.

His task will be to “ensure the implementation of the liturgical reform approved by the Synod of the Syro-Malabar Archiepiscopal Church.”

The appointment was conceded to the Prefect of the Dicastery of the Eastern Churches, Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, on 23 June, according to a communiqué issued by the Dicastery on Thursday.

The statement notes that Archbishop Vasil’ began his mission upon his arrival in India on 4 August.