OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 2, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Fernando Panico, M.S.C., of Oeiras-Floriano, Brazil as bishop of Crato (area 18,645, population 987,000, Catholics 799,000, priests 67, religious 129), Brazil. He succeeds Bishop Newton Holanda Gurgel, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted in accordance with the age limit.

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