OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JAN 24, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Michael Ernest Putney, auxiliary of Brisbane, as bishop of Townsville (area 435,200, population 234,854, Catholics 60,477, priests 37, permanent deacons 2, religious 123), Australia.

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