OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, AUG 18, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Msgr. Michael Aidan Courtney, special envoy with functions of permanent observer at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, as apostolic nuncio in Burundi, at the same time raising him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Nenagh, Ireland, in 1945 and ordained a priest in 1968.

- Msgr. Paul Richard Gallagher, nunciature counsellor, as special envoy with functions of permanent observer at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

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