OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, NOV 21, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick of Newark, U.S.A., as archbishop of Washington (area 5,447, population 2,305,090, Catholics 510,000, priests 1,083, permanent deacons 225, religious 1,781), U.S.A. He succeeds Cardinal James A. Hickey, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Bishop Juan Barros Madrid, auxiliary of Valparaiso, Chile, as bishop of Iquique (area 41,799, population 188,450, Catholics 150,760, priests 31, permanent deacons 7, religious 54), Chile.

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