OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 27, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Christopher Cardone, O.P., pastor of Nila, diocese of Gizo (area 11,700, population 109,899, Catholics 10,643, priests 9, religious 24), Solomon Islands, as auxiliary of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Long Island, U.S.A., in 1957, and ordained to the priesthood in 1986.

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