--!— %Pfe aJ3^£3«^«pi5esie '-^SSSis^^ti^^S^fe- COURIER-JOURNAL Thursday, June 28,1979 '3tAf¥ ttfsOffice I ifc rf% *fe Mi \A Communication Center By Joan Smith The Apostolic Delegate is and the Pope's representative to the bishops of a particular country. In this case, it is Archbishop Jean Jadot< M Oun Ptoyew appointed Apostolic Delegate to the U.S. by Pope Paul VI, May 22, 1973, and who now represents Pope John Paul II. OK tlce day o$ ywa The appointment made the archbishop (a native of Belgium) the first non-Italian papal envoy to the U.S. Catholic Church. Previous to this appointment he served as Pronuncio Apostolic in the Cameroons and in Gabon, and Apostolic Delegate in Equatorial Guinea, Africa, Bishop 1971-73; Pronuncio Apostolic in Thailand and Apostolic Delegate in Laos, Malaysia Matthew H. Clarh and Singapore, 1968-71. He holds a Ph.D from Louvain University and studied at the ARCHBISHOP JADOT Major Seminary of the Ar- Apostolic Delegate chdiocese of Malines-Brussels. The office of the delegate is the main job of the office delegate relayed to Bishop represents the Church as a and it involves voluminous Hogan the pope's official spiritual institution and is written as well as verbal acknowledgement .and ac­ recognized as an official communications with' ceptance of his request. From agency similar in aspects to congregations, the hierarchy, there, all diocesan input the International Red Cross or the conference of bishops, regarding the selection and the Organization of American conference of religious and especially the results of a ROCHESTER ASPHALT MATERIALS INC. States. Occasionally there is many other Church groups profile questionnaire were contact with government and agencies. relayed through the delegate's DOLOMITE PRODUCTS COMPANY INC. along diplomatic lines but the office to the Vatican, where, contact is always religious, in A particular instance where after evaluation a final MANITOU CONSTRUCTION COMPANY nature. all the office's communicative decision was made in naming As the Pope's represen­ powers were put into playwas Bishop Matthew H. Clark. General Offices tative, all Vatican com­ in the recent selection process And on Tuesday, June 26, in 1150 Penfield Road his capacity as Apostolic munications flow directly for the new bishop of Rochester, New York 381-7010 through Archbishop Jadot's Rochester. First, Bishop Delegate, Archbishop Jadot office to the U.S. bishops and Joseph L. Hogan's letter was a main participant in he in turn, conveys their requesting retirement was sent ceremonies at the War interests, needs and concerns to Archbishop Jadot to be Memorial installing the to the Holy See. Basically, this forwarded to Rome. Then the Bishop of Rochester. Our Mother of Sorrows Church Paddy Hill On Our 150th Anniversary- Extends Our Warm and Deepest Congratulations to Bishop tjil<tii/ie4^ 3v. ^ota/iA Matthew H. &n 'wceba .