Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor John Joseph Kennedy, present secretary of the disciplinary section of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, as titular bishop of Ossero, Croatia, conferring upon him the personal title of archbishop.
The Holy Father has also appointed Monsignor Philippe Curbelié, undersecretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, as titular bishop of Utica, Tunisia.
This dicastery is to preserve the deposit of faith and the magisterium, is currently headed by Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez.
Other members of the dicastery are the secretary of the doctrinal section, Monsignor Armando Matteo; the adjunct secretary, Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna; and the promoter of justice, Father Robert Joseph Geisinger.