SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS IN PORTUGAL

VATICAN CITY, MAY 29, 1999 (VIS) - Made public today was a letter from the Holy Father, written in Latin and dated May 20, addressed to Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, president of the Central Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, naming him special envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress of Portugal which will take place in Braga June 3-6.
The pontifical mission that will accompany Cardinal Etchegaray is composed of Msgr. Antonio Ferreira de Costa, official of the Secretariat of State and Fr. Jose Paulo Leite de Abreu of the diocese of Braga.

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