OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 14, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Irineu Silvio Wilges O.F.M., pastor of the parish of St. Anthony in the archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Brazil, as bishop of Cachoeira do Sul (area 11,119, population 210,000, Catholics 177,000, priests 30, permanent deacons 5, religious 77), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Pinheiral, Brazil in 1936 and ordained a priest in 1962.

It was made public today that on June 7, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Lwena, Angola, presented by Bishop Jose Prospero da Ascensao Puaty, in accordance with Canon 401, para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Gabriel Mbilingi C.S.Sp.

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