Papal appointment for Bishop Serratelli

VATICAN CITY  On Oct. 27, Pope Francis announced the appointment of Bishop Serratelli as a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

Bishop Serratelli was the only American prelate among the 26 appointments made by the Holy Father.

At present, Bishop Serratelli is the Chairman of the International Committee on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). He is a member of the Vatican’s Vox Clara Commission. He also served as co-chair of the Vatican’s International Dialogue with the Baptist World Alliance.

As a member of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington D.C., he serves as chairman of the Committee on Divine Worship. He is the past chairman and present member of the Ad hoc Sub-Committee for the Review of Scripture Translations. He is also currently a member of the Ad hoc Committee for the Review of the Catechism.

He has served as past member and chair of the Committee on Doctrine, as well as past member of the Task Group on Liturgy with Children and the Committee for Women in the Church and Society. Bishop Serratelli also served on the Task Force for the Review of the Lectionary and the Ad hoc Committee for the Spanish Bible for the Church in America.