OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 15, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Hector Julio Lopez Hurtado, S.D.B., of Granada en Colombia, as bishop of Girardot (area 4,504, population 551,185, Catholics 481,185, priests 99, religious 391), Colombia. He succeeds Bishop Jorge Ardila Serrano, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with the age limit.

NER; RE;...;...;LOPEZ HURTADO; ARDILA SERRANO ;VIS;20010615;Word: 70;