OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 9, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Newark, U.S.A., as bishop of Camden (area 6,967, population 1,287,805, Catholics 418,713, priests 355, religious 441), U.S.A.

- Fr. Lucio Renna O.C., procurator general of the Carmelite Order, as bishop of Avezzano (area 1,700, population 119,790, Catholics 118,020, priests 110, religious 216), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in San Pietro Vernotico, Italy, in 1941 and was ordained a priest in 1966.

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