OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 23, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Luis Quinteiro Fiuza as auxiliary bishop of Santiago de Compostela (area 8,546, population 1,288,822, Catholics 1,185,700, priests 912, religious 749), Spain. The bishop-elect was born in Villa de Cruces, Spain, in 1947, was ordained a priest in 1971, and since 1997 has been rector of the Major Seminary of Santiago de Compostela.

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