OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 13, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Domenico Caliandro of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy, as bishop of Nardo-Gallipoli (area 587, population 211,596, Catholics 210,376, priests 146, religious 139), Italy.

- Msgr. Vito De Grisantis of the clergy of the archdiocese of Lecce, Italy, episcopal vicar for the laity and pastor of the parish of Santa Maria delle Grazie, as bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca (area 475, population 124,000, Catholics 122,800, priests 76, religious 124), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Lecce in 1941 and ordained a priest in 1965.
- Msgr. Jonas Kauneckas, spiritual father of the major seminary at Telsiai (area 13,373, population 731,044, Catholics 600,000, priests 144, religious 94), Lithuania, as auxiliary bishop of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Krincinas, Lithuania, in 1938 and ordained a priest in 1977.

- Fr. Anton Stres C.M., dean of the theological faculty of Ljubljana, Slovenia, as auxiliary of the diocese of Maribor (area 7,398, population 839,814, Catholics 711,898, priests 393, permanent deacons 3, religious 257), Slovenia. The bishop-elect was born in Donacka gora, Slovenia, in 1942 and ordained a priest in 1968.

- Msgr. Andrej Glavan of the clergy of Ljubljana (area 8,544, population 883,175, Catholics 703,450, priests 541, permanent deacons 5, religious 804), Slovenia, pastor of the parish of Stara Loka, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese. The bishop-elect was born in Soteska, Slovenia, in 1943 and ordained a priest in 1972.

- Msgr. Jurij Bizjak of the clergy of the diocese of Koper, Slovenia, spiritual director of major seminary of Ljubljana, as auxiliary of Koper (area 4,306, population 263,499, Catholics 206,898, priests 182, religious 119). The bishop-elect was born in Col, Slovenia, in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1971.

- Cardinal Rosalio Jose Castillo Lara S.D.B., president emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State,as his special envoy at celebrations for the Argentine National Eucharistic Congress, due to take place at Cordoba from September 8 to 10.

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