OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 14, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Msgr. Gil Antonio Moreira of the clergy of Divinopolis, Brazil, as auxiliary of Sao Paulo (area 1,645, population 8,735,660, Catholics 6,589,500, priests 744, permanent deacons 1, religious 2,718), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Itapecerica, Brazil, in 1950, he was ordained a priest in 1976 and from 1997 to 1999 was under-secretary of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference.

- Msgr. Dominique Rezeau, counsellor at the apostolic nunciature in Jordan, as Holy See permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and to the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBTO PrepCom); and as Holy See permanent observer to the U.N. Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the U.N. office in Vienna.

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