OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 18, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Pierre Nguyen Soan, vicar general and pastor of the cathedral of the diocese of Quy Nhon (area 21,206, population 2,650,000, Catholics 67,700, priests 44, religious 268), Vietnam, as bishop of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Go Thi, Vietnam, in 1936 and was ordained a priest in 1968. He succeeds Bishop Paul Huynh Dong Cac, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese was accepted by the Holy Father on having reached the age limit.
- Fr. Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet, chancellor of the diocese of Lang Son and Cao Bang (area 25,000, population 1,700,000, Catholics 5,000, priests 1, religious 5), Vietnam, as bishop of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in My Son, Vietnam, in 1952 and ordained a priest in 1991.

- Fr.Joseph Tran Xuan Tieu, vicar general and pastor of the cathedral of the diocese of Long Xuyen (area 10,150, population 3,700,000, Catholics 274,000, priests 191, religious 290), Vietnam, as coadjutor bishop of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Phu Oc, Nam Dinh, Vietnam, in 1945 and was ordained a priest in 1974.

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