OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 27, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Cristian Caro Cordero, auxiliary of Santiago de Chile, Chile, as archbishop of Puerto Montt (area 18,205, population 296,000, Catholics 249,000, priests 48, permanent deacons 16, religious 85), Chile. He succeeds Archbishop Savino Bernardo Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, in conformity with the age limit.

- Appointed Msgr. Declan Ronan Lang, vicar general of Portsmouth, as bishop of Clifton (area 10,912, population 2,566,407, Catholics 125,740, priests 204, permanent deacons 31, religious 369), England. The bishop-elect was born in Cowes, England, in 1950, and ordained to the priesthood in 1975. He succeeds Bishop Mervyn Alban Alexander, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, in conformity with the age limit.

- Appointed Archbishop Francois Bacque, apostolic nuncio in the Dominican Republic, as apostolic nuncio in the Netherlands.

- Appointed Msgr. Timothy P. Broglio, nunciature counselor, as apostolic nuncio in the Dominican Republic and apostolic delegate in Puerto Rico, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Cleveland, U.S.A., in 1951 and was ordained a priest in 1977.

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