OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 14, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Egon Kapellari of Gurk, as bishop of Graz-Seckau (area 16,386, population 1,160,554, Catholics 949,562, priests 540, permanent deacons 38, religious 1,027), Austria. He succeeds Bishop Johann Weber, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, in conformity with Canon 401, para. 2, of the Code of Canon Law.

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