OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 1, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Jose Belisario da Silva O.F.M., rector of the Saint Anthony Seminary of Santos Dumont, Brazil, as bishop of the diocese of Bacabal (area 18,000, population 619,000, Catholics 456,000, priests 25, religious 70), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Carmopolis de Minas, Brazil, in 1945 and ordained a priest in 1969.

- As members of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue: Archbishops Sergio Sebastiani, president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, Romeo Panciroli M.C.C.I., apostolic nuncio and Daniel Acharuparambil O.C.D., of Verapoly, India; Bishops Felix Kouadjo of Bondoukou, Ivory Coast and John Tong Hon, auxiliary of Hong Kong, China.

- Archbishop-Bishop Francesco Pio Tamburrino O.S.B, emeritus of Teggiano-Policastro and secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, as member of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses.

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