OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 1, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Msgr. Gilbert Louis as bishop of Chalons (area 6,502, population 268,000, Catholics 249,000, priests 107, religious 123), France. The bishop-elect was born in Champsecret, France, in 1940, was ordained a priest in 1965, and since 1988 has been vicar general of the diocese of Sees.

- Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture as his special envoy at the commemoration of the Millennium of the election of Pope Silvester II, which will take place in Aurillac, France, on April 11, 1999.
On Saturday February 27 it was made public that the Holy Father appointed Archbishop Piero Biggio, apostolic nuncio in Chile, as nuncio in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

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