Establishment of New Circumscriptions
On April 14, 2011, the Prelate of Opus Dei, Bishop Javier Echevarría, established the quasi-region of the Congo, formerly a delegation dependent on the Prelate, by means of the following decree.
Nos Dr. D. XAVERIUS ECHEVARRÍA
Dei et Apostolicæ Sedis gratia
Prælatus
D E C R E T U M
Cum Delegatio Congi, a Prælato dependens, eum progressionis gradum attigerit, qui requiritur ut in Quasi-Regionem erigatur.
Perspectis nn. 150 et 152, §1 Codicis iuris particularis Operis Dei.
De Consilii Generalis atque Assessoratus Centralis consensu, Praelaturæ Quasi-Regionem Congi erigo atque erectam declaro
Datum Romæ, ex Ædibus Curiæ Praelatitiæ, die 14 mense aprili, anno 2011.
+ XAVERIUS ECHEVARRÍA
Praelatus Operis Dei
Rev.mus D. Dr. Ernestus Burkhart
Curiæ Prælatitiæ Cancellarius
Reg. Gen. R. lib. VI p. 39
Romana, n. 52, January-June 2011, p. 47.