OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 8, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Cardinal John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung, bishop of Hong Kong, as his special envoy to the National Missionary Congress of the Philippines, which will take place from September 27 to October 1 in Cebu.

- Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig, apostolic nuncio in Burundi, as apostolic nuncio in Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Jamaica, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Santa Lucia, and apostolic delegate in the Antilles.

- Msgr. Antonio Mennini, nunciature counselor, as apostolic nuncio in Bulgaria, elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Rome, Italy in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1974.

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