OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 3, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Cardinal Godfried Danneels, archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, as his special envoy at celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the reconstitution of the Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales. The event is due to take place in London, England on May 4.

- Msgr. Giovanni Verginelli, defender of the bond of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, as judge ('prelato uditore') of the same tribunal.

On Saturday April 1, it was made public that he appointed:

- As members of the Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organizational and Economic Questions of the Holy See: Cardinals Bernard Francis Law, archbishop of Boston, U.S.A. and Dionigi Tettamanzi, archbishop of Genova, Italy. Also, as a 'pro hac vice' dispensation to article 24 of the Apostolic Constitution 'Pastor bonus', His Beatitude Michel Sabbah, patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins.

- As members of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See: Cardinals Roger M. Mahony, archbishop of Los Angeles, U.S.A.; Ricardo M. Carles Gordo, archbishop of Barcelona, Spain; Juan Sandoval Iniguez, archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico and Dionigi Tettamanzi, archbishop of Genova, Italy.

- Archbishop Giuseppe Pittau, secretary for the Congregation of Catholic Education, as consultor of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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