OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 23, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Jose Vicente Huertas Vargas of the clergy of the archdiocese of Tunja, Colombia, rector of the "Juan de Castellanos" Institute, as bishop of Garagoa (area 4,400, population 155,000, Catholics 153,000, priests 50, religious 48), Colombia. The bishop-elect was born in Ramiquiri, Colombia, in 1940 and ordained a priest in 1967.

- Fr. Edwin Angot de la Pena, rector of the seminary of the Mission Society of the Philippines, as prelate of the territorial prelature of Marawi (area 4,568, population 854,963, Catholics 64,000, priests 16, religious 33), the Philippines. The bishop-elect was born in San Juan, the Philippines, in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1981.

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