OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 2, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Jose Luis Lacunza Maestrojuan, O.A.R. of Chitre, Panama, as bishop of David (area 8,653, population 407,849, Catholics 367,000, priests 44, permanent deacons 7, religious 87), Panama.

- Bishop Fernando Torres Duran, auxiliary of Panama, Panama, as bishop of Chitre (area 6,225, population 182,598, Catholics 176,198, priests 22, religious 26), Panama.

- Fr. Patrick Taval M.S.C., master of novices at Vunapau, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Rabaul. The bishop-elect was born in Taranga, Papua New Guinea, in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1984.

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