OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 6, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:
- Archbishop Antonio Franco, apostolic nuncio in Ukraine, as apostolic nuncio in the Philippines.

- For the Special Assembly for Europe of the Synod of Bishops which will take place in the Vatican October 1-23 1999:
- President delegates: Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, archbishop of Cracow, Poland; Cardinal Joachim Meisner, archbishop of Cologne, Germany; Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Vatican City.
- Relator general: Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, archbishop of Madrid, Spain.
- Special secretaries: Archbishop Josef Miroslaw Zycinski of Lublin, Poland; Bishop Vincent Nichols, auxiliary of Westminster, Great Britain.
- Commission for the Message: President: Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, archbishop of Genoa, Italy; Vice-president: Archbishop Audrys Juozas Backis, archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania.
- Commission for Information: President: Archbishop Istvan Seregely of Eger, Hungary; Vice-president: Bishop Josef Homeyer of Hildesheim, Germany.

On Saturday, April 3, it was made public that the Holy Father appointed Fr. Sergio Alfredo Fenoy as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Rosario (area 13,500, population 1,600,000, Catholics 900,000, priests 267, religious 533), Argentina. The bishop-elect was born in Rosario, Argentina, in 1959, was ordained a priest in 1983 and since 1995 has been rector of the Major Seminary of the same archdiocese.

On Friday April 2, it was made public that Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, archbishop of Paris, France, was appointed as the Pope's special envoy at the third centenary commemorative celebrations of the cathedral of Nice, France, which will take place on Sunday May 2, 1999.

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