OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 1, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Anatole Milandou of Kinkala, as metropolitan archbishop of Brazzaville (area 14,450, population 1,388,138, Catholics 588,138, priests 102, religious 158), Republic of Congo. He succeeds Archbishop Barthelemy Batantu, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon his having reached the age limit.

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