OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 22, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, of the clergy of Amargosa, Brazil, national director of the 'Prado' movement, as bishop of Paulo Alfonso (area 36,913, population 561,962, Catholics 488,250, priests 29, religious 66), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Santo Antonio de Jesus, Brazil, in 1949 and ordained a priest in 1977.

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