OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 8, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Accepted the resignation of Archbishop Rafael Bello Ruiz from the pastoral care of Acapulco (area 18,603, population 3,860,000, Catholics 2,740,000, priests 107, permanent deacons 15, religious 228), Mexico, in accordance with the age limit. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Archbishop Felipe Aguirre Franco.

- Appointed Msgr. Kieran Thomas Conry, pastor of Stafford, of the clergy of Birmingham, England, as bishop of Arundel and Brighton (area 4,997, population 3,020,000, Catholics 162,820, priests 256, permanent deacons 13, religious 656), England. The bishop-elect was born in Coventry, England, in 1950, and ordained to the priesthood in 1975.

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