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Wednesday, April 11, 2001

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 11, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. Gerard J.N. de Korte, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Utrecht (area 10,000, population 3,000,000, Catholics 800,000, priests 276, permanent deacons 55, religious 1,703), Netherlands, deacon of Salland, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Utrecht. The bishop-elect was born in Vianen, Netherlands, in 1955, and ordained to the priesthood in 1987.

- Appointed Archbishop Antonio Maria Veglio, apostolic nuncio in Lebanon, as secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

- Appointed Bishop Francesco Lambiasi of Anagni-Alatri, Italy, general ecclesiastical assistant of Italian Catholic Action, as consultor to the Congregation for Bishops.
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