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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE IOR

VATICAN CITY, JUN 19, 2007 (VIS) - A communique made public today announced that the commission of cardinals which oversees the activities of the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), meeting on 13 June under the chairmanship of Cardinal Angelo Sodano, approved the appointment of Paolo Cipriani, vice-director general of the IOR, as director general of that institution.

  Lelio Scaletti, the current director general, having reached the age of 80, will leave office on October 1 maintaining the title of director general emeritus.

  Paolo Cipriani was born in Rome in 1954. He has worked in the "Banco di Santo Spirito" and the "Banca di Roma", also acting as representative of these institutions in Luxembourg, New York and London.
OP/IOR DIRECTOR/CIPRIANI:SCALETTI            VIS 20070619 (130)


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