OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, OCT 27, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Remi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr., auxiliary of Dedza (area 4,250, population 1,010,000, Catholics 332,735, priests 47, religious 119), Malawi, as bishop of the same diocese. He succeeds Bishop Gervazio Moses Chisendera, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with Canon 401, para. 2 of the Code of Canon law.

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