OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 3, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father approved a change in name of the diocese of Alto Parana, Paraguay, to Ciudad del Este (area 27,451, population 586,000, Catholics 567,000, priests 66, religious 186), appointing Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I., of Coronel Oviedo, as bishop. Bishop Izaguirre was born in Azcaitia, Spain, in 1936, ordained a priest in 1961, and received episcopal orders in 1998.

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