OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 31, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Msgr. Lino Fumagalli, vicar general and pastor of the cathedral of the suburbicarian diocese of Porto-Santa Rufina, Italy, as bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto (area 918, population 150,584, Catholics 148,344, priests 130, permanent deacons 3, religious 253), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Rome in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1971.

- Archbishop Fares Maakaroun of Lattaquie of the Greek-Melkites, Syria, as bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraiso em Sao Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Catholics 408,000, priests 6), Brazil. The new bishop continues to hold the title of archbishop.

- Archbishop Jean-Clement Jeanbart as apostolic visitor for the Greek-Melkite faithful living in western Europe. He remains in his seat of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites, Syria.

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