OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 31, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Archbishop Jose Carlos Melo C.M., auxiliary of Sao Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, as coadjutor archbishop of Maceio (area 8,545, population 1,680,220, Catholics 1,180,000, priests 92, permanent deacons 28, religious 269), Brazil.

- Fr. Fernando Antonio Saburido O.S.B., vicar general of Olinda and Recife (area 4,305, population 3,350,000, Catholics 3,119,000, priests 194, religious 784), Brazil, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese. The bishop-elect was born in Cabo, Brazil, in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1983.

- Fr. Milton Antonio dos Santos S.D.B., director of the 'Santa Teresinha' College at Sao Paulo, Brazil, as bishop of Corumba (area 62,890, population 101,887, Catholics 76,415, priests 11, religious 24), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born at Campos do Jordao, Brazil, in 1946 and ordained a priest in 1974.

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