OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 21, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Andre Vingt-Trois, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Paris, as metropolitan archbishop of Tours (area 6,158, population 545,500, Catholics 461,400, priests 182, religious 572), France. The archbishop-elect was born in Paris, France, in 1942, was ordained a priest in 1969, and since 1988 has been auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Paris.

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