OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 13, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Erected the eparchy of St. Thomas of the Syro-Malabars of Chicago, for the faithful of the Syro-Malabar rite living in the U.S.A.

- Appointed Fr. Jacob Angadiath, of the clergy of the eparchy of Palai, Kerala, India, pastor of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Mission of Bellwood, Illinois, U.S.A., as first bishop of St. Thomas of the Syro-Malabars of Chicago, U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Periappuram, Kerala, India, in 1945, and ordained to the priesthood in 1972. The Pope also named bishop-elect Angadiath as permanent apostolic visitator for the Syro-Malabar faithful in Canada.

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