OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 12, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Dadeus Grings of Sao Joao da Boa Vista, Brazil, as coadjutor archbishop of Porto Alegre (area 18,068, population 3,265,577, Catholics 2,608,707, priests 487, permanent deacons 21, religious 2,184), Brazil. The archbishop-elect was born in Nova Petropolis, Brazil, in 1936, ordained a priest in 1961 and consecrated a bishop in 1991.

- Fr. Lucien Fischer C.S.Sp., regional superior of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit for eastern France, as apostolic vicar of the Iles Saint Pierre et Miquelon (area 245, population 6,255, Catholics 6,215, priests 2, religious 7). The bishop-elect was born in Strasbourg, France, in 1933 and ordained a priest in 1962.

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