OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 2, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Accepted the resignation of Msgr. Ugo Moretto from the position of director general and secretary of the administrative council of the Vatican Television Center, at the same time appointing Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., program director of Vatican Radio, as director general "ad interim" and secretary of the administrative council of the same Center.

- Accepted the resignation of Archbishop Karl Braun from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Bamberg, Federal Republic of Germany, in conformity with canon 401, para. 2, of the Code of Canon Law.

On Saturday, June 30, it was made public that the Holy Father:

- Erected the diocese of Maralal, Kenya, with territory taken from the diocese of Marsabit, making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan Church of Nyeri, Kenya. He appointed Fr. Virgilio Pante, I.M.C., current vice-provincial of the Consolata Missionaries in Kenya and Uganda, as first bishop of Maralal (area 20,809, population 143,547, Catholics 29,000, priests 31, religious 56). The bishop-elect was born in 1946, in Lamon, Italy, and ordained to the priesthood in 1970.

- Appointed Fr. Benjamin Ndiaye, vicar general of the archdiocese of Dakar, Senegal, as bishop of Kaolack (area 21,299, population 1,563,640, Catholics 11,906, priests 25, religious 81), Senegal. The bishop-elect was born in 1948, in Fadiouth, Senegal, and ordained to the priesthood in 1977.

On Friday, June 29, it was made public that the Holy Father:

- Appointed Msgr. Walter James Edyvean, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Boston (area 6,382, population 3,754,200, Catholics 2,017,452, priests 1,508, permanent deacons 215, religious 3,678), U.S.A., bureau chief of the Congregation for Catholic Education, and Msgr. Richard Gerard Lennon, of the clergy of the same archdiocese and rector of the St. John Seminary School of Theology in Brighton, U.S.A., as auxiliary bishops of Boston. Bishop-elect Edyvean was born in 1938 in Medford, U.S.A., and ordained to the priesthood in 1964. Bishop-elect Lennon was born in 1947 in Arlington, U.S.A., and ordained to the priesthood in 1973.

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