OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 27, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Augustinho Petry, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Florianopolis, Brazil, navy chaplain and official of the curia of the military ordinariate, as auxiliary to the military ordinary for Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Sao Jose, Brazil, in 1938.
- Fr. Francisco Ramirez Navarro, episcopal vicar of Tlalnepantla (area 682, population 3,312,163, Catholics 3,082,003, priests 283, permanent deacons 7, religious 401), Mexico, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese. The bishop-elect was born in Tepatitlan, Mexico, in 1939 and ordained a priest in 1969.

- Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello, Holy See permanent observer to the Office of the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Geneva, Switzerland, and to the World Trade Organization (WTO), as apostolic nuncio in Mexico.

On Saturday, December 23, it was made public that he appointed:

- Msgr. Salvatore Di Cristina, vicar general of Palermo (area 1,366, population 990,000, Catholics 960,000, priests 570, permanent deacons 24, religious 1,871), Italy, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese. The bishop-elect was born in Palermo in 1937 and ordained a priest in 1960.

- Bishop Lubomyr Husar M.S.U., as apostolic administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the major archbishopric of the Ukrainians.

- Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, apostolic nuncio in Ethiopia and Eritrea, as apostolic nuncio in Djibouti.

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