On Saturday, December 18, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attended the enthronement ceremony of the Bishop of the Roman Catholic community in Constantinople, which took place in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Sisli. The Ecumenical Patriarch was accompanied by Metropolitan Kyrillos of Imbros and Tenedos, and the Grand Ecclesiarch Aetius, Director of the Private Patriarchal Office.
In a short speech in Italian, the Ecumenical Patriarch wished a fruitful ministry to the new Bishop, whom he has known since the years of his ministry in the Catholic Communities in Smyrna and Trabzon.