OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 27, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Jesus E. Catala Ibanez, auxiliary of Valencia, as bishop of Alcala de Henares (area 2,586, population 725,000, Catholics 640,000, priests 184, religious 607), Spain.

- Bishop Francesco Pio Tamburrino of Teggiano-Policastro, Italy, as secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, elevating him to the dignity of archbishop.

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