sentences:  He studied for and was ordained to the priesthood on 20 December 1958 at the age of 23.Pope John Paul II appointed him on 31 January 2004 as Dean of Roman Rota within the Roman Curia.On 15 November 2006, he appointed to the titular see of Nova Petra, and on the following 16 December he was ordained a Bishop by Tarcisio Bertone, Cardinal Secretary of State, with Cardinals James Francis Stafford and Jean-Louis Tauran as co-consecrators.