VATICAN CITY, JAN 22, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Msgr. Bernard Charrier, vicar general of Nantes, as bishop of Tulle (area 5,886, population 244,000, Catholics 224,000, priests 113, permanent deacons 5, religious 107), France. The bishop-elect was born in Nantes in 1938, and ordained a priest in 1964.
On Saturday, January 20, it was made public that he appointed:
- Cardinal Edward Bede Clancy, archbishop of Sydney, Australia, as his special envoy to the Ninth World Day of the Sick. The event is due to take place in Sydney, on February 11, 2001.
- Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig, apostolic nuncio in Trinidad and Tobago, as apostolic nuncio in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados and the Republic of Surinam.
- Msgr. Carlo Liberati, official of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, as delegate of the ordinary section of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See.
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