OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 4, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M., apostolic administrator of the diocese of Mogadishu, Somalia, as bishop of Djibouti (area 23,000, population 525,000, Catholics 7,000, priests 6, religious 30), Republic of Djibouti. He succeeds Bishop Georges Perron, O.F.M., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted in conformity with the age limit. The bishop-elect was born in Galzignano-Padua, Italy, in 1946, and ordained to the priesthood in 1975.

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