OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 18, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Jalingo, Nigeria, as metropolitan archbishop of Jos (area 30,395, population 2,863,400 Catholics 687,200, priests 57, religious 102), Nigeria. The archbishop-elect was born in Kona, Nigeria, in 1957, ordained a priest in 1981 and consecrated bishop in 1995.

- Erected the diocese of San Lorenzo (area 1,924, population 784,390, priests 19, permanent deacons 12), Paraguay, with territory taken from the archdiocese of Asuncion, Paraguay, making it a suffragan of the same metropolitan church. He appointed Bishop Adalberto Martinez Flores, auxiliary of Asuncion, as first bishop of the new diocese.

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