OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 30, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Archbishop Paul Dahdah O.C.D., of Baghdad of the Latins, Iraq, as apostolic vicar of Beirut of the Latins (Catholics 20,000, priests 236, religious 1,554), Lebanon, and as apostolic administrator "sede vacante" of the archdiocese of Baghdad of the Latins (Catholics 3,000, priests 12, religious 186). He conserves the personal title of archbishop and succeeds Bishop Paul Bassim O.C.D., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same apostolic vicariate the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

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