Pope appoints Portsmouth, England prelate as Secretary of Council for Economy
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican Press Office has released a statement regarding the appointment
by Pope Francis of Msgr. Brian Ferme of Portsmouth, England as Prelate Secretary
of the Council for the Economy recently instituted by the Holy Father. We publish
an English translation of the statement below:
Following the motu proprio:
Fidelis dispensator et prudens(24 February 2014), which establishes the Secretariat
for the Economy presided over by His Eminence Cardinal George Pell, and following
the institution of the Council for the Economy and the appointment of His Eminence
Cardinal Reinhard Marx as Cardinal coordinator of this organ, the Holy Father has
nominated Msgr. Brian Ferme as Prelate Secretary of the Council for the Economy.
The
Prelate Secretary has the task of assisting the Cardinal Coordinator in the fulfilment
of the functions of the Council for the Economy, whose competences are associated
with the guidance and supervision of the administrative and financial activities of
the economic entities of the Holy See.
Msgr. Brian Ferme, Prelate Secretary
of the Council for the Economy Msgr. Brian Ferme was born in 1955, and is
a priest in the diocese of Portsmouth, England. He completed his philosophical, theological
and canonical studies in Melbourne, Oxford and Rome.
Msgr. Ferme is the author
of numerous scientific publications and articles. He has served as professor of Canon
Law at the Gregorian Pontifical University and subsequently at the Pontifical Lateran
University, where he became Dean of the Faculty of Canon Law in 2000.
In 2003,
in Washington, he became Dean of the Faculty of Canon Law at the Catholic University
of America, after which he transferred to Venice as Head of the St. Pius X Faculty
of Canon Law.
Msgr. Ferme collaborates with various dicasteries of the Roman
Curia; in particular, he is a consultor of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the
Faith and the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts. Original
text: Italian