OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, OCT 28, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Msgr. Giovanni Santucci, pastor and vicar forane of the archdiocese of Pisa, Italy, as bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino (area 1,200, population 127,000, Catholics 126,000, priests 73, religious 89), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Pietrasanta, Italy, in 1949 and ordained a priest in 1974.

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