OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 24, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Salvador Emilio Riveron Cortina as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of San Cristobal de La Habana (area 7,542, population 3,010,000, Catholics 1,375,000, priests 129, religious 352), Cuba. The bishop-elect was born in Florida, Cuba, in 1948, was ordained a priest in 1982, and since 1996 has been episcopal vicar and parish priest for the forementioned archdiocese.

- Fr. Wlodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M., as bishop of the eparchy of Wroclaw-Gdansk (Catholics 53,000, priests 23, religious 14), Poland. The bishop-elect was born in Legnica, Poland, in 1957, made his perpetual vows in 1983, was ordained a priest in 1983, and since 1994 has been provincial superior of the Order of St. Basil the Great and pastor of Warsaw.

- Fr. Tadeusz Pikus as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Warsaw (area 3,350, population 1,526,000, Catholics 1,457,050, priests 1,004, religious 3,249), Poland. The bishop-elect was born in Zbiele, Poland, in 1949, was ordained a priest in 1971, and is currently dean of fundamental theology at the Metropolitan Seminary of Warsaw.

- Fr. Grzegorz Balcerek as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Poznan (area 9,700, population 1,624,000, Catholics 1,559,500, priests 1,084, religious 2,163), Poland. The bishop-elect was born in Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland, in 1954, was ordained a priest in 1979, and is currently pastor of San Stanislao Kostka in Poznan, and dean of the Sociology of Religion at the Faculty of Theology of the Adam Mickiezicz University in Poznan.

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