VATICAN CITY, MAY 26, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Angelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap., of Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil, as Bishop of Uruguaiana (area 37,403, population 453,230, Catholics 370,000, priests 23, religious 92), Brazil.
- Erected the eparchy of Belthangady, India, with territory taken from the archieparchy of Tellicherry, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan church of Tellicherry, of the Syro-Malabar rite. He appointed Fr. Lawrence Mukkuzhy as first bishop of the new eparchy. The bishop-elect was born in Sullia, India, in 1951, was ordained a priest in 1978 and since 1997 has been episcopal vicar for the Karnataka "mission."
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