OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

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

- Appointed Bishop Salvatore Boccaccio of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy, as bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino (area 804, population 185,570, Catholics 183,000, priests 134, religious 274), Italy. He succeeds Bishop Angelo Cella M.S.C., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Msgr. Leonard P. Blair of the clergy of Detroit (area 10,106, population 4,266,654, Catholics 1,452,100, priests 789, permanent deacons 143, religious 2,436), U.S.A., as auxiliary of the same archdiocese. The bishop-elect was born in Detroit in 1949, ordained a priest in 1976 and since 1997 has been pastor in the parish of Saint Paul at Grosse Pointe.

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