OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 30, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Desiderius Rwoma as bishop of Singida (area 49,341, population 966,000, Catholics 111,600, priests 43, religious 160), Tanzania. The bishop-elect was born in Ilogero, Tanzania, in 1947, was ordained a priest in 1974 and since 1997 has been vicar general of Bukoba. He succeeds Bishop Bernard Mabula whose resignation was accepted by the Holy Father upon having reached the age limit.

- Fr. Marc Stenger of the clergy of Metz, as bishop of Troyes (area 6,026, population 301,000, Catholics 211,000, priests 115, religious 305), France. The bishop-elect was born in Phalsbourg, France, was ordained a priest in 1975 and since 1992 has been rector of the Interdioscesan Seminary of Metz and national director of the Apostolic Union of the Clergy.

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