OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, NOV 29, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Stephen Soroka, auxiliary of the metropolitan archbishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians, Canada, as metropolitan archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (Catholics 69,088, priests 88, permanent deacons 4, religious 142), U.S.A. The archbishop-elect was born in Winnipeg in 1951, ordained a priest in 1982 and consecrated a bishop in 1996. He succeeds Archbishop Stephen Sulyk, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archieparchy the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with Canon 210 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.

- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archieparchy of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians presented by Auxiliary Bishop Wolodymyr W. Paska in accordance with Canon 210 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.

- Appointed Fr. Jean Benjamin Sleiman O.C.D., general assistant to the superior of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, as archbishop of Baghdad of the Latins (Catholics 3,000, priests 10, religious 186), Iraq. The archbishop-elect was born in Jbeil, Lebanon, in 1946 and ordained a priest in 1973.

- Appointed Bishop Michael Wiwchar C.Ss.R. of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians, U.S.A., as bishop of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Catholics 12,200, priests 35, permanent deacons 6, religious 35), Canada.

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