OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, NOV 18, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Jose Camnate na Bissign, apostolic administrator of Bissau (area 36,125, population 1,100,000, Catholics 132,000, priests 61, religious 126), Guinea Bissau, as bishop of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Mansoa, Guinea Bissau, in 1953 and ordained a priest 1982.

- Fr. Benjamin Castillo Plascencia, episcopal vicar for pastoral ministry, as auxiliary of Guadalajara (area 20,827, population 5,158,000, Catholics, 4,899,000, priests 1,174, permanent deacons 2, religious 3,825), Mexico. The bishop-elect was born in Ixtlahuacan del Rio, Mexico, in 1945.

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