OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 17, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Jose Luis Mollaghan, auxiliary of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as bishop of San Miguel (area 206, population 990,000, Catholics 880,000, priests 94, permanent deacons 6, religious 443), Argentina. He succeeds Bishop Abelardo Francisco Silva, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

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