OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 13, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. Luigi Martella of the clergy of Otranto, Italy, spiritual director of the pontifical seminary of Molfetta and professor of moral theology at the theological institute of Molfetta, as bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi (area 422, population 138,269, Catholics 137,105, priests 99, permanent deacons 6, religious 162), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Depressa, Italy, in 1948 and ordained a priest in 1977.

- Appointed Msgr. Alfonso Badini Confalonieri of the clergy of Susa, Italy, delegate of the ordinary section of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, as bishop of Susa (area 1,062, population 62,000, Catholics 60,000, priests 75, permanent deacons 1, religious 159). The bishop-elect was born in Valenza, Italy, in 1944 and ordained a priest in 1978. He succeeds Bishop Vittorio Bernardetto, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Msgr. Tommaso Stenico, study assistant at the Congregation for the Clergy, as bureau chief of the same congregation.

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