OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 9, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Christopher Henry Toohey, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, director of the Office for Education of the adults of the same archdiocese, as bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes (area 414,398, population 121,816, Catholics 36,804, priests 25, religious 72), Australia. The bishop-elect was born in Balmain, Australia, in 1952, and ordained to the priesthood in 1982.

On Saturday, July 7, it was made public that the Holy Father appointed Fr. Pierre-Antoine Paulo, O.M.I., superior of the Missions of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the archdiocese of Cartagena, Colombia, as coadjutor bishop of Port-de-Paix (area 4,500, population 435,000, Catholics 280,000, priests 37, religious 88), Haiti. The bishop-elect was born in Camp Perrin, Haiti, in 1944. He professed his first vows in 1963, his perpetual vows in 1966 and was ordained a priest in 1969.

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