OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 9, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Msgr. Giuseppe Verucchi of the clergy of Modena-Nonantola, Italy, pastor of the parish of Fiorano, as archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia (area 1,185, population 210,252, Catholics 203,000, priests 129, permanent deacons 5, religious 325), Italy, The bishop-elect was born in Miceno di Pavullo, Italy, in 1937 and ordained a priest in 1961. He succeeds Archbishop Luigi Amaducci, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Msgr. Francois Maupu, vicar general of Orleans, France, as bishop of Verdun (area 6,216, population 190,000, Catholics 170,000, priests 118, permanent deacons 8, religious 114), France. The bishop-elect was born in Neuville-aux-Bois, France, in 1939 and ordained a priest in 1964.

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