OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 10, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Mariano Jose Parra Sandoval of San Fernando de Apure, as bishop of Ciudad Guayana (area 53,596, population 850,000, Catholics 765,000, priests 36, permanent deacons 5, religious 118), Venezuela.

- Auxiliary Bishop Luis Gleisner Wobbe of Rancagua, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of La Serena (area 30,596, population 492,275, Catholics 284,517, priests 67, permanent deacons 49, religious 195), Chile.

- Bishop Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B., of Valdivia, and Fr. Andres Arteaga Manieu, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Santiago de Chile (area 9,132, population 5,083,704, Catholics 3,716,941, priests 825, permanent deacons 145, religious 3,377), Chile, vice-grand chancellor of the Catholic Pontifical University of Chile, as auxiliary bishops of Santiago de Chile. Bishop-elect Manieu was born in Santiago de Chile, in 1959, and ordained to the priesthood in 1986.

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