OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JAN 28, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Raul Antonio Martinez Paredes as bishop of Solola-Chimaltenango (area 2,372, population 675,300, Catholics 603,000, priests 51, religious 104), Guatemala. The bishop-elect was born in San Martin Jilotepeque, Guatemala, in 1943, was ordained a priest in 1987 and since 1997 has been diocesan administrator of Solola-Chimaltenango.

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