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Handing-over of the Canadian Delegature PDF Print E-mail
The official ceremony of the handing-over of the Canadian Delegature, belonging to the Sacred Heart Province (CJ) of the German/Austrian Pallottines, to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Province, Bangalore-India, took place on 3rd December 2009 in Edmonton. Further, the Provincial Rector of the Province of Bangalore Fr. Suasayan Sathyanesan, Fr. Norbert Possman, representing the Austrian / German Province, numerous guests, many representatives of the Pallottine family like, Mrs. Maria Domke, the President of the National Coordination Council of the UAC in Canada, Fr. Aleksander Mazur, the Delegate from the Province of Christ the King (WA) in Eastern Canada, and Fr. Bruce Schute, the representative of the Province “Mother of God” (MD) were also present for the occasion. The presence of the Archbishop Emeritus of Edmonton Msgr. Joseph MacNeil, was a great sign of appreciation of the Pallottines and their works. The new Delegature of the Indian Bangalore Province, having twelve members - seven Indians and five Germans - will continue and develop the Pallottine presence in Western Canada. Fr. Christudhas Gnanaprakasam was nominated as the new Delegate Superior of the Delegature.