OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 29, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Enrique Troncoso Troncoso of Iquique, Chile, as bishop of Melipilla (area 6,217, population 429,000, Catholics 352,000, priests 55, permanent deacons 28, religious 165), Chile.

On Saturday May 27, it was made public that he:

- Appointed Fr. Thomas Nguyen Van Tan, director of the propedeutic seminary in Vinh Long (area 7,221, population 3,500,000, Catholics 170,000, priests 130, religious 560), Vietnam, as coadjutor bishop of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Bai xan, Vietnam, in 1940 and ordained a priest in 1969. He succeeds Bishop Raphael Nguyen Van Diep, whose resignation from the office of coadjutor bishop of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, in conformity with Canons 411 and 401, para. 2, of the Code of Canon Law.
- Appointed Fr. Paul Nguyen Binh Tinh P.S.S., rector of the major seminary of Hue, Vietnam, as coadjutor bishop of Da Nang (area 11,985, population 1,952,000, Catholics 52,000, priests 41, religious 328), Vietnam. The bishop-elect was born in Phat Diem, Vietnam, in 1930 and ordained a priest in 1960.

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