OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, SEP 29, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the territorial prelature of Cameta, Brazil, presented by Bishop Jose Elias Chaves Junior C.M., in conformity with canon 401, para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

- Appointed Fr. Georges Fonghoro, diocesan administrator of Mopti (area 896,384, population 2,922,964, Catholics 17,000, priests 19, religious 31), Mali, as bishop of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Yele, Mali, in 1958 and ordained a priest in 1987.

- Appointed Msgr. Aurel Perca, vicar general of Iasi (area 46,070, population 5,063,504, Catholics 261,504, priests 247, religious 700), Romania, as auxiliary of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Sabaoni, Romania, in 1951 and ordained a priest in 1979.

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