OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 6, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Msgr. Joseph A. Pepe, of the clergy of Philadelphia, U.S.A., chancellor, moderator of the Curia and vicar for the clergy of the archdiocese of Santa Fe, U.S.A., as bishop of Las Vegas (area 103,189, population 1,261,570, Catholics 390,000, priests 75, permanent deacons 8, religious 65), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Philadelphia, in 1942, and ordained to the priesthood in 1970.

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