OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 29, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Marcel Herriot of Verdun as bishop of Soissons (area 7,378, population 555,000, Catholics 474,000, priests 166, religious 226) in France.

- Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza, apostolic pro-nuncio in Zambia and Malawi, as apostolic nuncio in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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