Papal Legate to the 500th anniversary in the Dominican Republic

(July 30, 2011) Pope Benedict XVI has named Franciscan Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, retired Archbishop of Seville in Spain, as his special legate to the closing ceremonies of the 500^th anniversary of the canonical erection of the first ecclesiastical regions of the Americas, namely Santo Domingo and La Vega in the Dominican Republic and San Juan of Puerto Rico. The celebrations will culminate from the 7^th to the 9^th of August next. The Pope’s official letter of appointment is dated, Castel Gandolfo, 11^th July. These ecclesiastical provinces were erected by Pope Julius II in 1511.