OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, NOV 3, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Msgr. Ian Murray, vicar general of the archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland as bishop of Argyll and the Isles (area 31,080, population 109,500, Catholics 11,400, priests 27, religious 17), Scotland. The bishop-elect was born in Lennoxtown, Scotland in 1932 and ordained a priest in 1956.

- Msgr. Jozef Wesolowski, nunciature counsellor, as apostolic nuncio in Bolivia, raising him at the same time to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Nowy Targ, Poland, in 1948 and ordained a priest in 1972.

On Saturday, October 30, it was made public that he:

- Elevated Msgr. Antonio Cosa, apostolic administrator of Moldova, to the rank of bishop. The bishop-elect was born in Valea Mare, Romania, in 1961 and ordained a priest in 1989.

- Appointed Msgr. Mario Marchesi, bureau chief of the Congregation for the Clergy, as under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative texts.

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