OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 23, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Juda Thade Ruwa'ichi, O.F.M. Cap., as bishop of Mbulu (area 16,057, population 798,000, Catholics 201,200, priests 52, religious 96), Tanzania. The bishop-elect was born in Mulo-Kilena, Tanzania, in 1954, made his perpetual vows and was ordained a priest in 1981, and is currently member of the General Council of the Capuchin Friars Minor.

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