OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 14, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp., pastor of "Ste. Croix" in Port-Louis and regional superior of the "Fondation Ocean Indien" of the Holy Spirit Fathers, as coadjutor bishop of Port Victoria (area 455, population 78,064, Catholics 70,380, priests 11, religious 65), Seychelles. The bishop-elect was born in Curepipi, Mauritius Island in 1940, and ordained to the priesthood in 1969.

- Msgr. Agostino De Angelis, director of the legal office of the Vicariate of Rome, as prelate uditore (judge) of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.
On Saturday, May 12, it was made public that the Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. Lawrence Saldanha, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Lahore (area 23,069, population 30,000,000, Catholics 506,000, priests 73, religious 261), Pakistan, assistant pastor of Precious Blood Church of Scarborough, Toronto, Canada, as metropolitan archbishop of Lahore. The archbishop-elect was born in Mangalore, India, in 1936, and ordained to the priesthood in 1960.

- Accepted the resignation of Bishop Arvaldis Andrejs Brumanis from the pastoral care of Liepaja (area 13,210, population 314,500, Catholics 33,000, priests 10, religious 10), Latvia, in accordance with the age limit. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Vilhelms Lapelis, O.P.

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