OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 14, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Arnold Orowae, vicar general of Wabag (area 10,790, population 240,000, Catholics 62,079, priests 18, religious 39), Papua New Guinea, as auxiliary bishop of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Aiopa, Papua New Guinea, in 1955 and ordained a priest in 1983.

- Fr. David Laurin Ricken, of the clergy of the diocese of Pueblo, U.S.A., official of the Congregation for the Clergy, as coadjutor bishop of Cheyenne (area 252,552, population 481,400, Catholics 48,911, priests 57, permanent deacons 8, religious 45), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Dodge City, U.S.A., in 1952 and ordained a priest in 1980.

- Fr. Ivo Baldi of the diocese of Citta di Castello, Italy, vicar general of the prelature of Huari, Peru, as bishop of Huaraz (area 13,618, population 285,000, Catholics 261,628, priests 36, permanent deacons 1, religious 48), Peru. The bishop-elect was born in Citta di Castello in 1947 and ordained a priest 1971.

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