OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 23, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Archbishop Mar Varkey Vithayathil C.SS.R., apostolic administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (area 1,500, population 4,315,000, Catholics 449,860, priests 613, religious 4,560), India, as major archbishop of the same archeparchy.

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