OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 23, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Antonio Buoncristiani of Porto-Santa Rufina, Italy, as metropolitan archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino (area 2,265, population 170,800, Catholics 170,000, priests 167, permanent deacons 3, religious 366), Italy. He succeeds Archbishop Gaetano Bonicelli, whose resignation from the pastoral care of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino the Holy Father accepted in accordance with the age limit.

- Accepted the resignation of Bishop Antonio Sarto, S.D.B., from the pastoral care of Barra do Garcas (area 80,467, population 185,220, Catholics 150,700, priests 19, permanent deacons 1, religious 85), Brazil, in accordance with the age limit. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Protogenes Jose Luft, S.C.

- Appointed Msgr. Juan Manuel Mancilla Sanchez, chancellor of the archdiocese of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, as auxiliary bishop of Texcoco (area 2,000, population 3,114,000, Catholics 2,907,391, priests 140, permanent deacons 24, religious 315), Mexico. The bishop-elect was born in Santo Domingo, Mexico, in 1950, and ordained to the priesthood in 1974.

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