OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JAN 9, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Archbishop Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne of Ayacucho, as metropolitan archbishop of Lima (area 1,992, population 3,994,889, Catholics 3,163,256, priests 529, religious 3,080), Peru. He succeeds Cardinal Augusto Vargas Alzamora whose resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Lima was accepted by the Holy Father, on having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Msgr. Raffaello Martinelli, Fr. Antonio Manna, S.S.P, and Fr. Giancarlo Parenti, S.D.B., as heads of office at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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