OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 7, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop James Vernon Weisgerber of Saskatoon, Canada, as archbishop of Winnipeg (area 116,405, population 667,209, Catholics 170,590, priests 89, permanent deacons 19, religious 206), Canada. The archbishop-elect was born in Vibank, Canada, in 1938, ordained a priest in 1963 and consecrated a bishop in 1996. He succeeds Archbishop Leonard James Wall, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese was accepted by the Holy Father, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Bishop Aloysio Jose Leal Penna S.J., of Bauru, Brazil, as metropolitan archbishop of Botucatu (area 14,181, population 750,000, Catholics 626,000, priests 74, permanent deacons 6, religious 189), Brazil. The archbishop-elect was born in Piquete, Brazil, in 1933, ordained a priest in 1963 and consecrated a bishop in 1984. He succeeds Archbishop Antonio Maria Mucciolo, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

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