OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 2, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Prof. Fabrizio Bisconti as "Magister" of the "Cultorum Martyrum" Pontifical Academy.

On Saturday, March 31, it was made public that he:

- Appointed Bishop Thomas George Doran of Rockford, U.S.A., as a member of the Congregation for Clergy.

- Accepted the resignation of Archbishop Franc Perko from the pastoral care of Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in conformity with canon 401, para. 2, of the Code of Canon Law. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Archbishop Stanislaw Hocevar, S.D.B.

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