OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

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

- Appointed Msgr. Agustinus Agus, apostolic administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Sintang (area 65,000, population 608,692, Catholics 116,757, priests 45, religious 46), Indonesia, as bishop of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Lintang, Indonesia, in 1949 and ordained a priest in 1977.

- Appointed Bishop Oscar Urbina Ortega, auxiliary of Bogata, Colombia, as bishop of Cucuta, (area 2,200, population 715,000, Catholics 656,000, priests 104, permanent deacons 10, religious 266), Colombia.

- Appointed Metropolitan Archbishop Nestor Assogba of Parakou, Benin, as metropolitan archbishop of Cotonou (area 3,222, population 1,261,022, Catholics 441,899, priests 97, religious 341), Benin.

- Elevated Msgr. Giuseppe Pasotto C.S.S., apostolic administrator of the Caucasus, to the dignity of bishop.

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