OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 21, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Francesco Guido Ravinale of the clergy of the diocese of Biella, Italy, rector and pastor of the shrine of Oropa, as bishop of Asti (area 1,451, population 152,153, Catholics 148,763, priests 165, permanent deacons 7, religious 330), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Biella in 1943 and ordained a priest in 1967.

- Msgr. John J. Kaising of the clergy of the archdiocese of Cincinnati, U.S.A., pastor of the parish of St. Dominic, as auxiliary to the military ordinary of the U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Cincinnati in 1936 and ordained a priest in 1962.

- Wilfrido V. Villacorta, professor of political science at the De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines, as a member of the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences.

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