OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 7, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Berhane-Yesus Demerew Souraphiel C.M., apostolic administrator "sede vacante" of Addis Abeba (area 300,600, population 17,007,000, Catholics 51,127, priests 172, religious 516), Ethiopia, as metropolitan archbishop of the same metropolitan archeparchy. The archbishop-elect was born in Tchela Claka, Ethiopia, in 1948 and ordained a priest in 1976.

- Fr. Emilio Patriarca, of the archdiocesan clergy of Milan and "fidei donum" missionary in Zambia, as bishop of Monze (area 62,160, population 752,000, Catholics 130,000, priests 65, religious 165), Zambia. The bishop-elect was born in Varese, Italy, in 1937, ordained a priest in 1962 and since 1995 has been assistant pastor in the parish of Santa Maria at Choma, diocese of Monze.

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