OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JAN 23, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop William Edward Lori, auxiliary of Washington, as bishop of Bridgeport (area 1,639, population 833,315, Catholics 360,918, priests 292, permanent deacons 83, religious 557), U.S.A.

- Fr. Jose H. Gomez, of the prelature of Opus Dei, vicar delegate for the same prelature in the state of Texas, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Denver (area 101,279, population 2,644,004, Catholics 346,144, priests 296, permanent deacons 135, religious 616), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Monterrey, Mexico, in 1951, and ordained a priest in 1978.

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