OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 10, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Msgr. Luc Cyr, vicar general of the diocese of Saint-Jerome, Canada, as bishop of Valleyfield (area 28,112, population 232,828, Catholics 185,285, priests 110, permanent deacons 9, religious 165), Canada. The bishop-elect was born in Saint-Jerome in 1953, and ordained to the priesthood in 1980.

- Fr. Peter Hla, vicar general of the archdiocese of Taunggyi (area 52,740, population 1,900,000, Catholics 43,262, priests 45, religious 102), Myanmar, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese. The bishop-elect was born in Hwary, Myanmar in 1952, and ordained to the priesthood in 1981.

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