OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 16, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Alfred Clifton Hughes of Baton Rouge as coadjutor archbishop of New Orleans (area 10,895, population 1,332,771, Catholics 468,798, priests 421, permanent deacons 183, religious 1,189), U.S.A.. The archbishop-elect was born in Boston, U.S.A., in 1932, ordained to the priesthood in 1957, and elevated to the dignity of bishop in 1981.

- Appointed Bishop Jorge Ivan Castano Rubio of Quibdo as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Medellin (area 708, population 2,952,956, Catholics 2,512,065, priests 896, religious 3,560), Colombia. The archbishop-elect was born in Montebello, Colombia in 1935, ordained to the priesthood in 1961, and elevated to the dignity of bishop in 1983.

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